Glaciers are among the most visible indicators of climate change, and their rapid melting poses a severe threat to ecosystems, infrastructure, and communities worldwide.

These dynamic processes are still at work, but in many places across High Asia there is a new factor at play: modern infrastructure (like haphazard road-building in Nepal) is increasing ... But GPE ...

The Hindu Kush Himalayas holds the world’s largest ice reserves outside the polar regions and extends 3,500 kilometers over Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, the People’s Republic of China, India, ...

In all cases, it’s important to leverage local knowledge and actively involve the affected communities. As the Thame glacial lake flooding incident demonstrated, local knowledge is vital to saving ...

From unstable slopes to rock falls, thawing permafrost will have many consequences for mountain regions, including the Swiss ...

Freshwater is essential to life on Earth; it’s what sets us apart from the rest of our solar system. But our relationships with water differ dramatically across the globe: from polar regions where ...

According to CDRI website, “In India, over 58% of the land is vulnerable to earthquakes, 12% to floods, 15% to landslides, and more than 10% ... Living Histories of Sufism in India’, Rana Safvi maps a ...

VANCOUVER - A study has found nearly half of the landslides, debris flows and washouts that occurred during British Columbia’s atmospheric river disaster in November 2021 originated in areas ...

By analyzing data and measurements from Charleston ... New Map Shows Where Landslides Are Most Likely to Occur in U.S. Sep. 11, 2024 — Landslides are a common hazard in the US. In fact ...

A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck north of Nepal’s Kathmandu on Friday ... confirmed that the quake triggered a landslide at Dugunagadi Bhir across the river, though no houses were affected.