Every Minute Counts: Growing Community Ownership of Flood Early Warning Systems in Nepal

Studying Lower Barun lake, the abode of Nhepu

It is one thing to look at satellite images that provide a sweeping view of a glacial lake expanding ...

DAVID BREASHEARS Remembering one of mountain cryosphere’s most powerful communicators 

Legendary mountaineer and filmmaker David Breashears, who died on March 14 at the age of 68, had an extraordinary impact ...

The Melamchi flood disaster: Cascading hazard and the need for multihazard risk management

What can the past teach us about the future?

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Ensuring long-term data series on Trambau and Trakarding glaciers, Rolwaling Valley

Our last fieldwork in 2021 involved collecting field data and conducting maintenance work on Trambau and Trakarding glaciers in ...

A flood of evidence

Galongco Lake sits at the foot of an unnamed glacier within the Himalayan mountain range in China, close to its ...

When water flows up: How the hydro ram pump can potentially increase arable land size in Gilgit-Baltistan

Farmers in Gilgit-Baltistan have the odds stacked against them. The local economy lags behind other provinces in Pakistan because despite ...

Understanding the Chamoli flood: Cause, process, impacts, and context of rapid infrastructure development