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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

29 Dec 2023 Cryosphere and water
Around 500 climbers, including four Indians, conquer Mt Everest in 70th anniversary year of first successful summit

Official data showed that since 1953’s Hillary-Norgay summit, around 7,000 mountaineers have successfully scaled Mt Everest while over 300 have ...

10 Dec 2023 GLOFs
2m face Glacial flooding in Pakistan

Fifteen million people worldwide are at risk of glacial lake flooding, with two million of them in Pakistan, according to ...

8 Dec 2023 Air
Not climate smart

Countries are watering down commitments for fossil fuel phase-out at COP28 in Dubai, and this means future infrastructure in the ...

13 Feb 2024 GRAPE
Nepal Farmers Face Another Year of ‘Agricultural Drought’, Threatening Food Security

Najboon Khatun looks up at the sky every day, searching for the possibility of rain. Clouds come and go without ...

3 Jan 2024 Drought
افغانستان یکی از آسیب‌پذیرترین کشورها در برابرتغییرات اقلیمی است

رویدادهای هولناک خشک‌سالی، توفان و سیل در بسیاری از مناطق جهان از اثر تغییرات اقلیمی تشدید شده است. با