Piloting permafrost research in Humla

Balance for better: Community enterprise for strengthening women entrepreneurship in Nepal

Business has largely been dominated by men across the world, and Nepal is no exception. Women usually need to be ...

International forum spotlights need for collaborative, transdisciplinary cryosphere research in the Hindu Kush Himalaya

One hundred and twenty leading experts, practitioners, and stakeholders from the region and beyond attended the three-day forum. They discussed ...

Fieldwork in the Himalaya

Getting there My heart still skips a beat whenever I recall my first field visit to Rikha Samba Glacier ...

Gender dynamics and disaster events in Hasanabad, Pakistan

Reanalysed and improved mass balance data from Mera Glacier

Mera Glacier, in the Everest region, is one of few glaciers in the HKH region whose glaciological mass balance data ...

Laying the groundwork for sustainable hydropower in Nepal

Nepal’s hydropower sector generates 99.8% of the country's electricity. Nepal's steep topography and many rivers can produce ...

At the ready for floods in the Koshi: CBFEWS orientation trainings during the pandemic

Even as communities reel from the shock of the COVID-19 pandemic, the threat of floods is omnipresent. Koshi River drains ...

Climate change and water security in the mountains of Pakistan

The unpredictable nature of snow and glaciers is of grave concern for the community, especially in GB, where 95% of ...