#himalaya — Public Fediverse posts
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🌎 Wie beeinflusst der #Klimawandel die #Himalaya-Region? Wie verändert er die Ökologie und das Leben der Menschen?
Darüber hat der Deutschlandfunk nach der verheerenden Sturzflut in #Nepal und #Tibet mit Prof. Antje Schwalb vom Institut für Geosysteme und Bioindikation der #TUBraunschweig gesprochen:
👉 https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/katastrophe-in-nepal-die-rolle-des-klimawandels-im-himalaya-100.html
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🌎 Wie beeinflusst der #Klimawandel die #Himalaya-Region? Wie verändert er die Ökologie und das Leben der Menschen?
Darüber hat der Deutschlandfunk nach der verheerenden Sturzflut in #Nepal und #Tibet mit Prof. Antje Schwalb vom Institut für Geosysteme und Bioindikation der #TUBraunschweig gesprochen:
👉 https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/katastrophe-in-nepal-die-rolle-des-klimawandels-im-himalaya-100.html
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🌎 Wie beeinflusst der #Klimawandel die #Himalaya-Region? Wie verändert er die Ökologie und das Leben der Menschen?
Darüber hat der Deutschlandfunk nach der verheerenden Sturzflut in #Nepal und #Tibet mit Prof. Antje Schwalb vom Institut für Geosysteme und Bioindikation der #TUBraunschweig gesprochen:
👉 https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/katastrophe-in-nepal-die-rolle-des-klimawandels-im-himalaya-100.html
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🌎 Wie beeinflusst der #Klimawandel die #Himalaya-Region? Wie verändert er die Ökologie und das Leben der Menschen?
Darüber hat der Deutschlandfunk nach der verheerenden Sturzflut in #Nepal und #Tibet mit Prof. Antje Schwalb vom Institut für Geosysteme und Bioindikation der #TUBraunschweig gesprochen:
👉 https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/katastrophe-in-nepal-die-rolle-des-klimawandels-im-himalaya-100.html
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🌎 Wie beeinflusst der #Klimawandel die #Himalaya-Region? Wie verändert er die Ökologie und das Leben der Menschen?
Darüber hat der Deutschlandfunk nach der verheerenden Sturzflut in #Nepal und #Tibet mit Prof. Antje Schwalb vom Institut für Geosysteme und Bioindikation der #TUBraunschweig gesprochen:
👉 https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/katastrophe-in-nepal-die-rolle-des-klimawandels-im-himalaya-100.html
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https://www.europesays.com/ch-fr/295659/ Népal : plus de 950 morts et près de 4500 disparus dans la crue #CatastropheNaturelle #crue #CrueAuNépal #décès #Désastres #DésastresEtAccidents #eau #FinDeVieEtMort #FormeDramatique #frontière #Himalaya #International #Monde #népal #population #Société #Valeurs #World #WorldNews
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https://www.europesays.com/videos/88952/ NEPAL: Dramatische Szenen nach der Katastrophe – Die verzweifelte Suche geht weiter #2026 #aktuell #bergung #fernsehen #fluss #gletscher #gletschereinsturz #hilfseinsatz #himalaya #hubschrauber #katastrophe #kathmandu #Militär #n24 #nachrichten #NachrichtenAktuell #naturkatastrophe #Nepal #news #Rasuwa #Rettungskräfte #Schlamm #schlammlawine #suche #todesopfer #tunnel #tv #überlebende #vermisste #video #wasserkraftwerk #welt #WELTNews
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Glacier Mass Balance Response To Extreme Precipitation Events In The Western Himalaya, India
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloplacha.2026.105643 <-- shared paper
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H/T @pramod Kumar
“This work highlight that the large interannual variability in glacier mass balance is largely associated with fluctuations in accumulation and ablation driven by extreme precipitation events across the Himalaya. These events can temporarily offset annual ice losses by enhancing snow accumulation…”
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“HIGHLIGHTS:
• Annual-to-decadal relationships between glacier surface mass balance and extreme precipitation events (EPEs) were identified and analyzed for the western Himalaya.
• Although negative mass balance dominates in the region, extreme precipitation events (0–5/year) are linked to less negative and positive mass balance years through increased snowfall.
• NAO/AO phases increase Western Disturbance frequency/intensity, promoting accumulation; Western Disturbances (60.2%) control EPEs with wintertime snowfall.
ABSTRACT: Extreme precipitation events can drive anomalous snow accumulation on Himalayan glaciers, thereby affecting short-term variations in mass balance. Over the past five decades, an accelerated mass loss of Himalayan glaciers has been observed, making it critical to assess the role of precipitation, particularly extreme events in modulating glacier health. This study compiles 182 in situ glacier-wide mass-balance observations from 26 glaciers in the western Himalaya, India, from 1974 to 2023. Observing an alarming negative cumulative mass balance of around −26 ± 1.67 m w.e., with more frequent years in recent decades showing negative mass balance exceeding −1.5 m w.e. / a, highlights the ongoing severity of glacier mass loss. However, over several years, there have been relative mass-balance gains or reduced losses, often linked to extreme precipitation events (EPEs), with annual fluctuations between 0 and 5 events. Cross-correlation analysis supports this, showing a direct response of glacier mass balance to EPEs variability. The EPEs are mainly fed by moisture supply from Western Disturbances (60.2%), followed by the Indian Summer Monsoon (16.4%), cyclogenesis (6.3%), and WD–cyclogenesis interactions (4.6%), while other synoptic systems account for the remaining ∼12%, together driving strong moisture convergence and severe precipitation episodes. These synoptic drivers determine the frequency and intensity of EPEs and influence the precipitation phase snow versus rain, thus impacting accumulation and melt processes differently. Statistical evidence indicates that EPEs temporarily increase accumulation, counteracting seasonal mass losses in certain years with moderate same-year sensitivity…”
#Glacier #massbalance #extremeweather #precipitation #WesternHimalaya #WesternDisturbances #IndianSummer #Monsoon #cyclogenesis #rainfall #Himalaya #India #interannual #variation #accumulation #ablation #extremeprecipitation #snowfall #snowaccumulation #glacierhealth #cryosphere -
“We’re getting ‘100 year floods’ every five to 10 years… the climate risks are evolving faster than our ability to shift the margins on what we think are the horizons of safety,” said Austin Lord, a senior fellow in the Energy, Water, and Sustainability Program at the Stimson Center think tank in Washington.
“With so many unknowns, if we don’t start working on them together, then we won’t make any progress, and we’ll just be overwhelmed again next time,” he said.
#China #India #Nepal #Himalaya #GlobalWarming #ClimateChange #Flashfloods #SaveThePlanet #MotherNature #ResetSociety #BeTheChange
https://edition.cnn.com/2026/08/29/asia/himalayas-risk-china-nepal-india-infrastructure-intl-hnk
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Can Himalayan Crops Help Secure The Future Of Food?
(Exploring how genomic diversity, traditional crops, and regional cooperation can strengthen climate resilience and food security across the Hindu Kush Himalaya [HKH])
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https://substack.com/home/post/p-207443153 <-- shared technical post
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https://openlibrary.substack.com/ <-- shared Substack, “Open Library on Green Economy”
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https://adaptationwithoutborders.org/knowledge-base/adaptation-without-borders/shifting-cooperation-in-the-hindu-kush-himalaya/ <-- shared technical article, “Shifting cooperation in the [HKH]”
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https://www.icimod.org/who-we-are/the-hindu-kush-himalaya/ <-- background on the HKH, International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD)
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https://doi.org/10.48130/cas-0026-0003 <-- shared paper
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[not at all my technical area - but fascinating, including the spatial component #alldataisspatial]
H/T @jeevan Labh
“As we navigate the intensifying impacts of the 2026 El Niño, the vulnerability of our global food systems require careful evaluation. With this year’s erratic weather patterns driving severe, prolonged droughts in some regions and unseasonal, devastating floods in others, the climate crisis is proving that it is not a distant threat; it is happening right now, in our fields and on our plates.
This crisis is more visible in the Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH) region. Often called the “water tower of Asia,” this vast mountain range sustains 240 million people across eight countries and provides essential ecosystem services to nearly 2 billion people downstream. When glaciers melt at accelerated rates and monsoons become unpredictable, the narrative often focuses solely on the mountain communities. But the truth is much broader: a disrupted harvest in the high hills of Nepal or Bhutan creates a domino effect. It leads to displaced populations, reduced agricultural output flowing into the Indus, Ganges, and Brahmaputra basins, and ultimately, skyrocketing food prices for families living in the sprawling downstream plains.
The climate crisis respects no borders and recognizes no difference between altitude and sea level. Because this problem affects us all, the solution must protect us all. Fortunately, the means to overcome this challenge are already in our hands, locked within the ancient seeds of the mountains…”
## #GreenEconomy #economy #monoculture #agriculture #farming #crop #cropland #HinduKushHimalaya #himalaya #mountain #HKH #spatial #mapping #elevation #climatechange #foodsecurity #food #extremeweather #weather #ElNiño #drought #rainfall #precipitation #snowmelt #climatecrisis #mountainrange #water #hydrology #ecosystem #glacier #moonsoons #community #harvest #Nepal #Bhutan #watersheds #watersecurity #risk #hazard #waterresources #genes #genomicdiversity #cooperation -
Can Himalayan Crops Help Secure The Future Of Food?
(Exploring how genomic diversity, traditional crops, and regional cooperation can strengthen climate resilience and food security across the Hindu Kush Himalaya [HKH])
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https://substack.com/home/post/p-207443153 <-- shared technical post
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https://openlibrary.substack.com/ <-- shared Substack, “Open Library on Green Economy”
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https://adaptationwithoutborders.org/knowledge-base/adaptation-without-borders/shifting-cooperation-in-the-hindu-kush-himalaya/ <-- shared technical article, “Shifting cooperation in the [HKH]”
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https://www.icimod.org/who-we-are/the-hindu-kush-himalaya/ <-- background on the HKH, International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD)
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https://doi.org/10.48130/cas-0026-0003 <-- shared paper
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[not at all my technical area - but fascinating, including the spatial component #alldataisspatial]
H/T @jeevan Labh
“As we navigate the intensifying impacts of the 2026 El Niño, the vulnerability of our global food systems require careful evaluation. With this year’s erratic weather patterns driving severe, prolonged droughts in some regions and unseasonal, devastating floods in others, the climate crisis is proving that it is not a distant threat; it is happening right now, in our fields and on our plates.
This crisis is more visible in the Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH) region. Often called the “water tower of Asia,” this vast mountain range sustains 240 million people across eight countries and provides essential ecosystem services to nearly 2 billion people downstream. When glaciers melt at accelerated rates and monsoons become unpredictable, the narrative often focuses solely on the mountain communities. But the truth is much broader: a disrupted harvest in the high hills of Nepal or Bhutan creates a domino effect. It leads to displaced populations, reduced agricultural output flowing into the Indus, Ganges, and Brahmaputra basins, and ultimately, skyrocketing food prices for families living in the sprawling downstream plains.
The climate crisis respects no borders and recognizes no difference between altitude and sea level. Because this problem affects us all, the solution must protect us all. Fortunately, the means to overcome this challenge are already in our hands, locked within the ancient seeds of the mountains…”
## #GreenEconomy #economy #monoculture #agriculture #farming #crop #cropland #HinduKushHimalaya #himalaya #mountain #HKH #spatial #mapping #elevation #climatechange #foodsecurity #food #extremeweather #weather #ElNiño #drought #rainfall #precipitation #snowmelt #climatecrisis #mountainrange #water #hydrology #ecosystem #glacier #moonsoons #community #harvest #Nepal #Bhutan #watersheds #watersecurity #risk #hazard #waterresources #genes #genomicdiversity #cooperation -
Can Himalayan Crops Help Secure The Future Of Food?
(Exploring how genomic diversity, traditional crops, and regional cooperation can strengthen climate resilience and food security across the Hindu Kush Himalaya [HKH])
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https://substack.com/home/post/p-207443153 <-- shared technical post
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https://openlibrary.substack.com/ <-- shared Substack, “Open Library on Green Economy”
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https://adaptationwithoutborders.org/knowledge-base/adaptation-without-borders/shifting-cooperation-in-the-hindu-kush-himalaya/ <-- shared technical article, “Shifting cooperation in the [HKH]”
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https://www.icimod.org/who-we-are/the-hindu-kush-himalaya/ <-- background on the HKH, International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD)
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https://doi.org/10.48130/cas-0026-0003 <-- shared paper
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[not at all my technical area - but fascinating, including the spatial component #alldataisspatial]
H/T @jeevan Labh
“As we navigate the intensifying impacts of the 2026 El Niño, the vulnerability of our global food systems require careful evaluation. With this year’s erratic weather patterns driving severe, prolonged droughts in some regions and unseasonal, devastating floods in others, the climate crisis is proving that it is not a distant threat; it is happening right now, in our fields and on our plates.
This crisis is more visible in the Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH) region. Often called the “water tower of Asia,” this vast mountain range sustains 240 million people across eight countries and provides essential ecosystem services to nearly 2 billion people downstream. When glaciers melt at accelerated rates and monsoons become unpredictable, the narrative often focuses solely on the mountain communities. But the truth is much broader: a disrupted harvest in the high hills of Nepal or Bhutan creates a domino effect. It leads to displaced populations, reduced agricultural output flowing into the Indus, Ganges, and Brahmaputra basins, and ultimately, skyrocketing food prices for families living in the sprawling downstream plains.
The climate crisis respects no borders and recognizes no difference between altitude and sea level. Because this problem affects us all, the solution must protect us all. Fortunately, the means to overcome this challenge are already in our hands, locked within the ancient seeds of the mountains…”
## #GreenEconomy #economy #monoculture #agriculture #farming #crop #cropland #HinduKushHimalaya #himalaya #mountain #HKH #spatial #mapping #elevation #climatechange #foodsecurity #food #extremeweather #weather #ElNiño #drought #rainfall #precipitation #snowmelt #climatecrisis #mountainrange #water #hydrology #ecosystem #glacier #moonsoons #community #harvest #Nepal #Bhutan #watersheds #watersecurity #risk #hazard #waterresources #genes #genomicdiversity #cooperation -
Can Himalayan Crops Help Secure The Future Of Food?
(Exploring how genomic diversity, traditional crops, and regional cooperation can strengthen climate resilience and food security across the Hindu Kush Himalaya [HKH])
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https://substack.com/home/post/p-207443153 <-- shared technical post
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https://openlibrary.substack.com/ <-- shared Substack, “Open Library on Green Economy”
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https://adaptationwithoutborders.org/knowledge-base/adaptation-without-borders/shifting-cooperation-in-the-hindu-kush-himalaya/ <-- shared technical article, “Shifting cooperation in the [HKH]”
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https://www.icimod.org/who-we-are/the-hindu-kush-himalaya/ <-- background on the HKH, International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD)
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https://doi.org/10.48130/cas-0026-0003 <-- shared paper
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[not at all my technical area - but fascinating, including the spatial component #alldataisspatial]
H/T @jeevan Labh
“As we navigate the intensifying impacts of the 2026 El Niño, the vulnerability of our global food systems require careful evaluation. With this year’s erratic weather patterns driving severe, prolonged droughts in some regions and unseasonal, devastating floods in others, the climate crisis is proving that it is not a distant threat; it is happening right now, in our fields and on our plates.
This crisis is more visible in the Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH) region. Often called the “water tower of Asia,” this vast mountain range sustains 240 million people across eight countries and provides essential ecosystem services to nearly 2 billion people downstream. When glaciers melt at accelerated rates and monsoons become unpredictable, the narrative often focuses solely on the mountain communities. But the truth is much broader: a disrupted harvest in the high hills of Nepal or Bhutan creates a domino effect. It leads to displaced populations, reduced agricultural output flowing into the Indus, Ganges, and Brahmaputra basins, and ultimately, skyrocketing food prices for families living in the sprawling downstream plains.
The climate crisis respects no borders and recognizes no difference between altitude and sea level. Because this problem affects us all, the solution must protect us all. Fortunately, the means to overcome this challenge are already in our hands, locked within the ancient seeds of the mountains…”
## #GreenEconomy #economy #monoculture #agriculture #farming #crop #cropland #HinduKushHimalaya #himalaya #mountain #HKH #spatial #mapping #elevation #climatechange #foodsecurity #food #extremeweather #weather #ElNiño #drought #rainfall #precipitation #snowmelt #climatecrisis #mountainrange #water #hydrology #ecosystem #glacier #moonsoons #community #harvest #Nepal #Bhutan #watersheds #watersecurity #risk #hazard #waterresources #genes #genomicdiversity #cooperation -
Can Himalayan Crops Help Secure The Future Of Food?
(Exploring how genomic diversity, traditional crops, and regional cooperation can strengthen climate resilience and food security across the Hindu Kush Himalaya [HKH])
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https://substack.com/home/post/p-207443153 <-- shared technical post
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https://openlibrary.substack.com/ <-- shared Substack, “Open Library on Green Economy”
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https://adaptationwithoutborders.org/knowledge-base/adaptation-without-borders/shifting-cooperation-in-the-hindu-kush-himalaya/ <-- shared technical article, “Shifting cooperation in the [HKH]”
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https://www.icimod.org/who-we-are/the-hindu-kush-himalaya/ <-- background on the HKH, International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD)
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https://doi.org/10.48130/cas-0026-0003 <-- shared paper
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[not at all my technical area - but fascinating, including the spatial component #alldataisspatial]
H/T @jeevan Labh
“As we navigate the intensifying impacts of the 2026 El Niño, the vulnerability of our global food systems require careful evaluation. With this year’s erratic weather patterns driving severe, prolonged droughts in some regions and unseasonal, devastating floods in others, the climate crisis is proving that it is not a distant threat; it is happening right now, in our fields and on our plates.
This crisis is more visible in the Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH) region. Often called the “water tower of Asia,” this vast mountain range sustains 240 million people across eight countries and provides essential ecosystem services to nearly 2 billion people downstream. When glaciers melt at accelerated rates and monsoons become unpredictable, the narrative often focuses solely on the mountain communities. But the truth is much broader: a disrupted harvest in the high hills of Nepal or Bhutan creates a domino effect. It leads to displaced populations, reduced agricultural output flowing into the Indus, Ganges, and Brahmaputra basins, and ultimately, skyrocketing food prices for families living in the sprawling downstream plains.
The climate crisis respects no borders and recognizes no difference between altitude and sea level. Because this problem affects us all, the solution must protect us all. Fortunately, the means to overcome this challenge are already in our hands, locked within the ancient seeds of the mountains…”
## #GreenEconomy #economy #monoculture #agriculture #farming #crop #cropland #HinduKushHimalaya #himalaya #mountain #HKH #spatial #mapping #elevation #climatechange #foodsecurity #food #extremeweather #weather #ElNiño #drought #rainfall #precipitation #snowmelt #climatecrisis #mountainrange #water #hydrology #ecosystem #glacier #moonsoons #community #harvest #Nepal #Bhutan #watersheds #watersecurity #risk #hazard #waterresources #genes #genomicdiversity #cooperation -
I #BhoteLhomiSingsa vivono grazie ad una economia di sussistenza, agricoltura, pesca, allevamento di yak, raccolta di erbe medicinali
In queste terre vivono anche specie animali rare e protette "come il panda rosso, la pecora blu, l’orso nero asiatico, il goral dell’Himalaya, il leopardo delle nevi, il cervo muschiato e il monal dell’#Himalaya."
Il progetto idroelettrico da 63 Megawatt sul fiume #Chhujung rischia di cancellare tutto.