Himalaya

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Lack of data prevents a planned response to climate change in the Karnali river basin.

The government has not heeded the lessons from the 2013 Uttarakhand floods.

The science behind earthquakes in the Himalaya.

The significant environmental and livelihood benefits of forest fragments are recognised by people but not in policy.

Language, genes and the peopling of Asia.

The Ascent of Rum Doodle is a widely appreciated mountaineering satire — but of what, exactly?

The 18th-century ‘discovery’ by Western academics of Sanskrit allowed a whole new branch of science-minded researchers to delve into the mysteries of the Subcontinent: hence, ‘Indology’. Once the three-century-old hang-ups inherent in this field are …

The receding glaciers of the Himalaya offer a critical case study of the region’s approach to climate change, in spite of and as a result of scarce scientific data.

Key lessons for dealing with the vagaries of the Kosi’s annual cycle are to be found in the myths and folklore of the North Indian plain.