After the devastating September floods last year, Kathmandu Valley and much of the country experienced a prolonged drought ...

There’s nothing more magical than witnessing the calm and quiet beauty of nature. These gorgeous lakes might make it seem ...

The Prehistoric Pile Dwellings Around the Alps in Switzerland was just named the most stunning UNESCO World Heritage Site ...

‘The Liquid Landscape of Kathmandu Valley: Hiti Pranali Water Heritage’ is a new exhibition at Patan Museum to pay tribute to ...

KATHMANDU – Raging water disrupted life in Thame village—home to some of Nepal’s famed Sherpas—when a glacial lake in the ...

Glaciers are among the most visible indicators of climate change, and their rapid melting poses a severe threat to ecosystems, infrastructure, and communities worldwide.

Thawing permafrost has been increasingly implicated in glacial lake outburst floods because of these new sources of potential triggers. In 2017, nearly a third of the solid rock face of Nepal’s 20,935 ...

Satellite analyses by Suhora Technologies, which monitors 33,000 lakes across the Indus, Ganga, and Brahmaputra basins, confirm accelerated growth in high-altitude lakes due to rapid glacier melt.

The Hindu Kush Himalayas holds the world’s largest ice reserves outside the polar regions and extends 3,500 kilometers over Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, the People’s Republic of China, India, ...

In all cases, it’s important to leverage local knowledge and actively involve the affected communities. As the Thame glacial lake flooding incident demonstrated, local knowledge is vital to saving ...

Over a period of hours late Thursday night and into early Friday morning, the full moon appeared to be swallowed by a shadow before turning blood red in the night sky. This dramatic “blood moon ...

The Western Reserve, an all-steel freighter that sank in 1892, has been found in Lake Superior. The 300-foot freighter has become known for the tragic series of events that unfolded after it sank.