Piloting permafrost research in Humla

The longest glacier in Nepal – Ngozumpa

I’m placing my foot carefully on a stable rock. This is definitely a terrain to break your ankle. Or, I ...

Gender dynamics and disaster events in Hasanabad, Pakistan

2nd Regional Upper Indus Basin Network (UIB-N) Workshop

Glaciers in the upper reaches of the Indus River basin are an important source of freshwater. However, as climate change ...

Journey to Yala Glacier

The handset shortwave radio finally crackled, 'Chimi ji, are you still there? Over!' asked Ngawang, the leader of the expedition ...

Juggling ‘two fronts’ – the women of today

Women are increasingly getting an education in underdeveloped/developing countries, despite this by no means being the norm (for example, according ...

Regional water-related disaster experts discuss gaps in flood early warning communication and potential solutions

In his welcome remarks, Basanta Shrestha, Director of Strategic Cooperation at the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), emphasized ...

Trails of Disaster: Experiences from a Trip to Barhabise

At the end of June 2018, I participated in a field visit 40–70 km east of Kathmandu, to the tributaries ...

Leveraging Collaboration for Disaster Risk Reduction in the Koshi Basin

Scientists, practitioners, and decision makers working in the Koshi Basin reached consensus on the need to further strengthen regional collaboration ...