Coping with climate change on Mt Everest
2 years, 2 months ago

Coping with climate change on Mt Everest

Al Jazeera  

Hundreds of climbers arrive at the Everest base camp on the Khumbu glacier every year, but higher temperatures are melting the ice in the Himalayan region. Halla Mohieddeen: That’s Dr Pasang Yangjee Sherpa: she’s talking about the Himalayan peaks in Nepal. So what that means is you see more and more crowd and with crowd, you Halla Mohieddeen: Let’s talk about some of the impacts of climate change that we’re already starting to see around Everest. Dawa Yangzon Sherpa: And also even one time, we were walking after the summit, we were coming back and we can see some running water around ice falls and it’s melting very fast. Pasang Yangjee Sherpa: So, one of the ways weather and climate change directly impacts livelihood of Sherpa in the Khumbu region today is how many times the flights get cancelled to Lukla from Kathmandu because that’s one of the ways, if you’re not walking, that’s the only way to get to the Everest region to Khumbu region.

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Happy ending and a call for caution
1 year ago

Happy ending and a call for caution

Hindustan Times  

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Himalayan glaciers could lose 80% of their volume if global warming isn't controlled, study finds
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Himalayan glaciers could lose 80% of their volume if global warming isn't controlled, study finds

The Hindu  

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Himalayan glaciers could lose 80% of their volume if global warming isn’t controlled, study finds
1 year, 6 months ago

Himalayan glaciers could lose 80% of their volume if global warming isn’t controlled, study finds

Associated Press  

BENGALURU, India — Glaciers are melting at unprecedented rates across the Hindu Kush Himalayan mountain ranges and could lose up to 80% of their volume this century if greenhouse gas emissions aren’t sharply reduced, according to a report. “The people living in these mountains who have contributed next to nothing to global warming are at high risk due to climate …

Mount Everest on edge: Earth's highest mountain lost 2,000 years' worth of ice in just 30 years
1 year, 6 months ago

Mount Everest on edge: Earth's highest mountain lost 2,000 years' worth of ice in just 30 years

India Today  

Glaciers in the Hindu Kush Himalayan mountain ranges are experiencing unprecedented melting rates, risking the loss of up to 80% of their volume by the end of this century, if greenhouse gas emissions are not significantly reduced. The ice and snow in the Hindu Kush Himalayas are crucial water sources for these rivers, which flow through 16 Asian countries, providing …

Himalayan glaciers could lose 80% of volume if global warming is not controlled, study finds
1 year, 6 months ago

Himalayan glaciers could lose 80% of volume if global warming is not controlled, study finds

LA Times  

Glaciers are melting at unprecedented rates across the Hindu Kush Himalayan mountain range and could lose up to 80% of their volume this century if greenhouse gas emissions aren’t sharply reduced, according to a new report. “The people living in these mountains who have contributed next to nothing to global warming are at high risk due to climate change,” said …

Why Nepal is not relocating the Everest base camp despite growing climate change threat – Firstpost
1 year, 6 months ago

Why Nepal is not relocating the Everest base camp despite growing climate change threat – Firstpost

Firstpost  

Sherpas, the backbone of the mountaineering industry, are opposed to Nepal’s plans to relocate the Everest base camp elsewhere. Community leaders said that in addition to the proposal being impractical, the government has failed to come up with a viable alternative Numerous climbers arrive at Mount Everest’s base camp each year with the aim of reaching the top with the …

Climbers celebrate Mount Everest 70th anniversary amid melting glaciers, rising temperatures
1 year, 6 months ago

Climbers celebrate Mount Everest 70th anniversary amid melting glaciers, rising temperatures

Associated Press  

KATHMANDU, Nepal — As the mountaineering community prepares to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the conquest of Mount Everest, there is growing concern about temperatures rising, glaciers and snow melting, and weather getting harsh and unpredictable on the world’s tallest mountain. “The effects of climate change are hitting not just the fishes of Antarctica, the whales or the penguins, but …

Life on the edge: Review of ‘Sherpa: Stories of Life and Death from the Forgotten Guardians of Everest’ by Ankit Babu Adhikari and Pradeep Bashyal
2 years ago

Life on the edge: Review of ‘Sherpa: Stories of Life and Death from the Forgotten Guardians of Everest’ by Ankit Babu Adhikari and Pradeep Bashyal

The Hindu  

Summitting Mount Everest is a much-lauded feat. Sherpa: Stories of Life and Death from the Forgotten Guardians of Everest by Ankit Babu Adhikari and Pradeep Bashyal keeps the reader’s focus firmly on the men who are “the climbers’ weather experts, technicians, medics… and anything else needed for survival.” Right from the first chapter, the authors plunge into what it’s like …

Book Review | The mountain lives to tell us what we know and no more
2 years, 5 months ago

Book Review | The mountain lives to tell us what we know and no more

Deccan Chronicle  

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Himalayan glacier disaster highlights climate change risks
3 years, 10 months ago

Himalayan glacier disaster highlights climate change risks

Associated Press  

NEW DELHI — When Ravi Chopra saw the devastating deluge of water and debris crash downstream from a Himalayan glacier on Sunday, his first thought was that this was exactly the scenario that his team had warned the Indian government of in 2014. They had warned that warming due to climate change was melting the Himalayan glaciers and facilitated avalanches …

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