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A steep climb to cleaner air in South Asia

In the Hindu Kush and Himalayan mountain ranges, the stunning landscape that makes the region so iconic is also creating a serious obstacle for public health – but NASA atmospheric scientists and the SERVIR programme are working to help keep mountain communities breathing easy.

Meryl Kruskopf & Jacob Ramthun

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10 Oct 2018 Press releases
Regional drought forum calls for cooperation in sharing information on natural hazards

Agricultural and hydrological drought monitoring and early warning systems; drought impacts and climate risk financing; land use practice and policies; ...

HEROES data – weather data from Bhutan – now available for public download

The Ugyen Wangchuck Institute for Conservation and Environmental Research (UWICER) has made weather data from Bhutan available ...

ICIMOD makes available more datasets for download

Hindu Kush Karakoram Pamir Landscape (HKPL) Birds Species of Wakhan Corridor Birds Species of Wakhan and Big Pamir Vegetation ...

12 Jul 2019 SERVIR-HKH
Training teachers as change agents for Earth observation and geospatial information technology

However, EO and GIT concepts are still rudimentary or non-existent in school curricula across the Hindu Kush Himalayan (HKH) region, ...

Using CORDEX datasets for regional climate projections

Regional climate projections can inform more detailed impact and adaptation assessments and planning, especially in vulnerable regions like South Asia. ...

Bhutan’s first training on Google Earth Engine

The Google Earth Engine (GEE) platform is increasingly finding acceptance across academic, business, non-profit, and government users for scientific analysis ...

Understanding our future climate better using regional climate projections

We partnered with the Met Office, UK’s national meteorological agency, to organize a training in June 2021 on spatial and ...