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Will climbers have to brave Everest without Sherpas?

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Mountain work can be well paid by Nepali standards but traditional guides are finding it less attractive

13 Feb 2024 GRAPE
Nepal Farmers Face Another Year of ‘Agricultural Drought’, Threatening Food Security

Najboon Khatun looks up at the sky every day, searching for the possibility of rain. Clouds come and go without ...

A glacier baby is born: Mating glaciers to replace water lost to climate change

A farmer and a village leader in Pakistan's highlands decided it was time to try to make a glacier baby.

2024 May Witness More Natural Disasters

There is no doubt for anybody that the world is in turmoil.

9 Dec 2023 Floods
Melting Glacier will flood India and disrupt its water supply

Frozen water, in its various forms, bears the brunt of climate change. In the mountainous expanse of the Hindu Kush ...

4 Dec 2023 COP28
Report reveals ‘catastrophic loss’ to Himalayan glaciers ‘even at 2C’

With COP28 underway in Dubai, researchers say climate negotiations should pay more attention to mountain regions, particularly the Hindu Kush ...

10 Dec 2023 GLOFs
2m face Glacial flooding in Pakistan

Fifteen million people worldwide are at risk of glacial lake flooding, with two million of them in Pakistan, according to ...