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8 Apr 2020 | Cryosphere

Human face of a Himalayan climate crisis

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In a small riverbank community of Donggang below Mt Gauri Shankar, Janmu Sherpa runs a small teahouse. The settlement has two families who are still rebuilding their homes after the earthquake five years ago.

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