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Will climbers have to brave Everest without Sherpas?

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Mountain work can be well paid by Nepali standards but traditional guides are finding it less attractive

9 Dec 2023 Floods
Melting Glacier will flood India and disrupt its water supply

Frozen water, in its various forms, bears the brunt of climate change. In the mountainous expanse of the Hindu Kush ...

Permafrost thaw, a ticking time bomb beneath our feet

Permanently frozen terrain covers 22% of the Earth’s surface. This area is more than 112 million square kilometres. People call ...

2024 May Witness More Natural Disasters

There is no doubt for anybody that the world is in turmoil.

19 Dec 2023 Global
COP28 spotlights key climate battle: Saving Himalayan ice

From Afghanistan to China, vanishing glaciers risk floods and drought for billions

The threat from melting glaciers

ON the steep slope of a glacier jutting through the Hunza valley in Pakistan’s mountainous far north, Tariq Jamil measures ...