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More rain and snow forecast for Nepal

Unseasonal late monsoon rains across Nepal are causing floods, damaging paddy fields ready for harvest, and early snowfall in the Himalaya has...

Narrow escape for Melamchi fact-finding team

A scientific team that had gone to assess a monsoon disaster that damaged Nepal’s most expensive infrastructure project northeast of Kathmandu itself had a...

A Biden presidency, climate and the Himalaya

With just 4% of the world’s population, the United States is responsible for over 15% of annual global carbon emissions. What America...

Sonia Awale

Forests replace glaciers in the Himalaya

[caption id="attachment_54080" align="alignnone" width="900"] Panoramic view of Manang Village and the Gangapurna and Annapurna III Glaciers that have retreated dramatically since 1980....

Declaring an emergency

The Sagarmatha National Sambaad held this week was a dress rehearsal for a bigger international event slated for April, Nepal’s own version...

Mt Everest is melting : Are you moved?

In the coming decade, climate migration may finally make world leaders take action to slow global heating

Marty Logan

Living below Nepal’s melting mountains

In an example of local people adapting to the climate crisis with little outside help, the people of Nepal’s Khumbu region are building embankments to protect...

Act globally, think locally

As nearly 300 scientists from 60 countries arrived in Kathmandu this week to attend the second meeting of the Intergovernmental Panel on...

Helicopter carrying Tourism Minister crashes

Update 2: All seven on board (six passengers and one pilot) have been confirmed dead in the Air Dynasty helicopter crash at 1:30...

Rara’s rare beauty

Rara Lake is the biggest lake in Nepal, and its remoteness protects its pristine beauty.Although almost as hard to get to as...

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