70-day closure of brick kilns begins ahead of approaching smog

https://www.dawn.com/news/1440148?

Quake helps clear the blackened air over Nepal’s brick kilns

https://360post.wordpress.com/2018/05/30/quake-helps-clear-the-blackened-air-over-nepals-brick-kilns-read-here/

Thaw of Himalayas Set to Disrupt Asia’s Rivers, Crops: Study

https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/asia/thaw-himalayas-set-disrupt-asias-rivers-crops-study.html

Yeti footprints spotted, says Army

https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/archive/yeti-footprints-spotted-says-army-766285

More research needed to understand the impact of cryosphere changes on mountain communities in the HKH

http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=54014

Women benefit most from rainwater harvesting systems at community level in Himalica pilot villages in Myanmar

Two-thirds of Himalayan glaciers that provide water to more than 250 million people could disappear by the end of this century, study warns

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-6665535/Two-thirds-Himalayan-glaciers-melt-study-warns.html

World Food Prize honors two students with prestigious internship awards

http://www.kmaland.com/ag/world-food-prize-honors-two-students-with-prestigious-internship-awards/article_479207d0-d39f-11e8-9184-676b6a21a478.html