Himalaya

Mount Kailash, Himalaya, Greater Himalaya, Gangdese Shan, Tethyan Himalaya, Indus-Tsanpo Suture, Miocene epoch, Eocene epoch, Siwalik range, fission track dating, argon-argon dating, radiometric dating, Kailash Formation, Kailash basin, Gangdese batholith,

Is Mt Kailash the Oldest Mountain in the Himalaya?

Suvrat Kher 12/02/2019

The southern margin of the Asian continent was elevated...

Hindu Kush, Himalaya, climate change, ICIMOD, global warming, western disturbances, monsoons, glaciers, NITI Aayog, Kathmandu, Nepal,

Two Thirds of Glaciers in the Hindu Kush Himalaya Could Melt by 2100

Kabir Agarwal 06/02/2019

About 15% of the glaciers have already disappeared.

Hindu Kush mountains, Hindu Kush Himalaya region, Karakoram, Pamir, monsoons, floods, droughts, Kedarnath 2013 floods, heat pump, Himalaya, Karakoram anomaly, climate change, melting glaciers,

How a Warming Himalaya Will Affect the Monsoons

Kabir Agarwal 10/12/2018

"Large mountains heat up so much that – like...

Indopithecus, Sivapithecus, palaeontology, Kutch, Gujarat, Tapar, Hari Talyanagar, Miocene epoch, ape fossils, Himalaya, Hipparion, CT scan, carbon dating, Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeosciences, marine fossils, human evolution, canine, molar teeth,

Indian Scientists Unearth First Evidence of Ape Presence South of Himalaya

Vrushal Pendharkar 23/11/2018

The discovery is a potential game-changer.

Over the Himalaya… Credit: 12019/pixabay

Using Natural Clocks to Understand Asia Before India Collided With It

Suvrat Kher 09/09/2018

A story of subducting tectonic plates stored in natural...

A snowy-browed flycatcher (Ficedula hyperythra), a species present in the Askot Wildlife Sanctuary but not found in the Great Himalayan National Park. Credit: Paul Elsen.

Why Some Himalayan Birds Are Now Climbing Higher to Nest

Sreelatha Menon 20/04/2017

“I had seen black francolins at 1,400 m in...