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Chinese national rescued from Nepal tunnel

A Chinese national was pulled alive from a tunnel in Nepal ten ‌days after a wall of ice, rock and mud tore through a Himalayan valley, killing more than 1,300 people. #nepal #environment #himalayas #mudslides #china #tibet #climatechange #glacier #asia #News #Reuters #Newsfeed Read the story here: 👉 Subscribe: Keep up with the latest news from around the world: Follow Reuters on Facebook: Follow Reuters on X: Follow Reuters…

https://fllics.com/en/video/chinese-national-rescued-from-nepal-tunnel/

Chinese national rescued from Nepal tunnel

A Chinese national was pulled alive from a tunnel in Nepal ten ‌days after a wall of ice, rock and mud tore through a Himalayan valley, killing more than 1,300 people. #nepal #environment #himalayas #mudslides #china #tibet #climatechange #glacier #asia #News #Reuters #Newsfeed Read the story here: 👉 Subscribe: Keep up with the latest news from around the world: Follow Reuters on Facebook: Follow Reuters on X: Follow Reuters…

https://fllics.com/en/video/chinese-national-rescued-from-nepal-tunnel/

Chinese national rescued from Nepal tunnel

A Chinese national was pulled alive from a tunnel in Nepal ten ‌days after a wall of ice, rock and mud tore through a Himalayan valley, killing more than 1,300 people. #nepal #environment #himalayas #mudslides #china #tibet #climatechange #glacier #asia #News #Reuters #Newsfeed Read the story here: 👉 Subscribe: Keep up with the latest news from around the world: Follow Reuters on Facebook: Follow Reuters on X: Follow Reuters…

https://fllics.com/en/video/chinese-national-rescued-from-nepal-tunnel/

Chinese national rescued from Nepal tunnel

A Chinese national was pulled alive from a tunnel in Nepal ten ‌days after a wall of ice, rock and mud tore through a Himalayan valley, killing more than 1,300 people. #nepal #environment #himalayas #mudslides #china #tibet #climatechange #glacier #asia #News #Reuters #Newsfeed Read the story here: 👉 Subscribe: Keep up with the latest news from around the world: Follow Reuters on Facebook: Follow Reuters on X: Follow Reuters…

https://fllics.com/en/video/chinese-national-rescued-from-nepal-tunnel/

Chinese national rescued from Nepal tunnel

A Chinese national was pulled alive from a tunnel in Nepal ten ‌days after a wall of ice, rock and mud tore through a Himalayan valley, killing more than 1,300 people. #nepal #environment #himalayas #mudslides #china #tibet #climatechange #glacier #asia #News #Reuters #Newsfeed Read the story here: 👉 Subscribe: Keep up with the latest news from around the world: Follow Reuters on Facebook: Follow Reuters on X: Follow Reuters…

https://fllics.com/en/video/chinese-national-rescued-from-nepal-tunnel/

https://youtu.be/iPHyZ_X8N5w?si=IAgHALdmT0ORIRLO

#NepalFlood #Nepalfloods #TibetFlood #China #ClimateChange #buddhism #vajrayana #TibetanBuddhism #Tibet #ai #datacenters #himalayas #Bhutan #India #GlacialFlood #glaciallakes #geopolitics #watercrisis #environment

Pursuit of wealth and power is destroying the earth.

https://youtu.be/iPHyZ_X8N5w?si=IAgHALdmT0ORIRLO

#NepalFlood #Nepalfloods #TibetFlood #China #ClimateChange #buddhism #vajrayana #TibetanBuddhism #Tibet #ai #datacenters #himalayas #Bhutan #India #GlacialFlood #glaciallakes #geopolitics #watercrisis #environment

Pursuit of wealth and power is destroying the earth.

https://youtu.be/iPHyZ_X8N5w?si=IAgHALdmT0ORIRLO

#NepalFlood #Nepalfloods #TibetFlood #China #ClimateChange #buddhism #vajrayana #TibetanBuddhism #Tibet #ai #datacenters #himalayas #Bhutan #India #GlacialFlood #glaciallakes #geopolitics #watercrisis #environment

Pursuit of wealth and power is destroying the earth.

https://youtu.be/iPHyZ_X8N5w?si=IAgHALdmT0ORIRLO

#NepalFlood #Nepalfloods #TibetFlood #China #ClimateChange #buddhism #vajrayana #TibetanBuddhism #Tibet #ai #datacenters #himalayas #Bhutan #India #GlacialFlood #glaciallakes #geopolitics #watercrisis #environment

Pursuit of wealth and power is destroying the earth.

https://youtu.be/iPHyZ_X8N5w?si=IAgHALdmT0ORIRLO

#NepalFlood #Nepalfloods #TibetFlood #China #ClimateChange #buddhism #vajrayana #TibetanBuddhism #Tibet #ai #datacenters #himalayas #Bhutan #India #GlacialFlood #glaciallakes #geopolitics #watercrisis #environment

Pursuit of wealth and power is destroying the earth.

Nepal floods highlight growing glacier risks in warming Himalayas https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/08/nepal-floods-highlight-growing-glacier-risks-in-warming-himalayas/

#Nepal #Himalaya #Himalayas #glaciers #environment #flood #floods #flooding

Nepali Prime Minister Balendra Shah said last week's deadly Himalayan flood was "not an ordinary" event but driven by climate change, as he demanded international action. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2026/09/01/climate-change/nepal-pm-climate-himalayan-disaster/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #environment #climatechange #environment #climatechange #floods #nepal #glaciers #himalayas #balendrashah

‘Immense’ Devastation as Nepal Continues Search for 2,400 Missing in Floods

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/29/world/asia/nepal-flood-rescue.html

Flood And Landslide Susceptibility Assessment And Multi Hazard Interaction Mapping Using Machine Learning And GIS For Sustainable Settlement Planning In Nepal
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https://doi.org/10.1007/s44288-026-00670-8 <-- shared paper
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H/T @Narayan Thapa | Earth Data Modeling
“Nepal lies within an active seismic zone and is influenced by most dynamic climatic systems in the world. It faces compounding floods and landslide threats. Impacts are worst where multi-hazard interactions create spatially linked corridors. Despite frequent co-occurrence, national-scale assessments remain limited. This study presents machine learning and GIS-based approach to map nationwide susceptibility to floods, landslides, and identify their potential interaction zones, and delineate critical multi-hazard flow zones through spatial adjacency analysis. Using Google Earth Engine, the Random Forest model integrates topographic, climatic, environmental, and hydrological datasets to overcome subjective expert-driven methods. The model achieved strong predictive accuracy (AUC: 0.84 for floods, 0.85 for landslides). The results showed 19% of Nepal’s lowlands are medium to very highly susceptible to inundation, threatening approximately 900,000 people and over 3.4 million buildings; whilst in the hilly terrains, 40% is susceptible to slope-failure endangering 200,000 people and about 0.6 million buildings. K-means clustering followed by spatial adjacency analysis identified four spatial zonation: 81% of national area as low-hazard zone, 9% as flood-only zone, 5% as landslide-only zone, and 5% as interaction zones. Critical multi-hazard flow zone covering 7,588 km² represents spatially connected corridors linking interaction zones to downstream flood-prone populated areas, affecting 88 km² built-up land and 1,722 km² cropland. These zones represent susceptibility-based spatial connectivity rather than physically simulated cascading processes. These findings support recommendations for risk-informed land-use planning, resilient infrastructure development and climate adaptation aligned to sustainable development and investment risk screening…”
#GIS #spatial #mapping #GoogleEarthEngine #MachineLearning #RemoteSensing #GeospatialAI #DisasterRiskReduction #MultiHazard #ClimateAdaptation #climatechange #extremeweather #LandUsePlanning #SustainableDevelopment #InfrastructurePlanning #RiskAssessment #NaturalHazards #Nepal #EarthObservation #HinduKushHimalaya #HKH #HinduKush #Himalayas #risk #hazard #assessment #national #regional #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #massmovement #landslide #assessment #mitigation #water #hydrology #flood #flooding #sustainability

After Protests, Uttarakhand Halts Felling of 4,369 Trees for Highway Expansion

sustained public protests, Uttarakhand government pauses felling of 4,369 trees for a highway project
19 Jul 26

https://thelogicalindian.com/uttarakhand-uttarakhand-highway-expansion/

e sure to know the trees will be felled - illegally, at night or through some anti people quackery

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Anyone tracking India will realize everywhere it is a people versus injustice situation.

#uttarakhand #trees #baddevelopment #himalayas #treefelling #roadwidening

🧵 5/5

Compound Hydrogeomorphic Cascades And Rapid Upstream To Downstream Hazard Coupling In The Eastern Himalaya
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-026-52915-8 <-- shared paper
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https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-13-1281-2025 <-- shared paper
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https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-025-07766-3 <-- shared paper
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[I recognise that the photo is instead for the floods, etc in Lubra, Nepal - but felt it better showed the hydrogeomorphical setting (sic) for the 'casual' post viewer...]
H/T @Kuldeep Dutta
“In hilly regions transitioning rapidly to low gradient alluvial plains, localized hydrometeorological triggers can instantly scale into devastating basin wide disasters. This study dissects the September 2020 cascading hazard in parts of the Arunachal Pradesh-Assam corridor to quantify the rapid coupling between upstream hillslopes and downstream floodplains…”
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“Extreme precipitation in the Eastern Himalaya is increasingly associated with coupled hillslope-floodplain hazards. This study examines the 17th-18th September 2020 rainfall event in Arunachal Pradesh initiating landslides and its downstream impacts in Assam, India, using multi-sensor satellite data and long-term rainfall records. Sentinel-2 imagery was used to map landslides and debris flows, Sentinel-1 SAR data to delineate flood extent, and IMD gridded rainfall (1996–2020) to analyse rainfall spell characteristics. The event triggered widespread slope failures, localized landslide damming, and a subsequent breach, generating sediment-laden flows that inundated ~ 100 km2 of the Dhemaji floodplain. A backscatter-derived Relative Flood Volume Index (RFVI) indicates spatial variability in inundation intensity, although it does not represent absolute flood volume. Rainfall analysis suggests that antecedent wetness from preceding spells preconditioned slopes, while peak daily rainfall (> 170 mm/day/) initiated landsliding. Power-law scaling shows negligible dependence of intensity on duration (R² ≈ 0.0004), whereas cumulative rainfall exhibits a stronger relationship with duration (R² ≈ 0.54). These results indicate distinct roles of rainfall intensity and accumulation in controlling landslide initiation and downstream flooding, respectively, highlighting the importance of compound rainfall forcing in rapid hydrogeomorphic cascades...”
#EarthScience #RemoteSensing #Himalayas #NaturalHazards #ClimateChange #ScientificReports #GeospatialAnalysis #DisasterMitigation #Landslide #Flooding #alluvial #fluvial #water #hydrology #hydrography #flood #flooding #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #mountain #plain #hydrometeorological #hydrogeomorphology #ArunachalPradesh #Assam #India #hillslope #floodplain #rainfall #precipitation #extremeweather #engineeringgeology #massmovement #landslide #debrisflow #risk #hazard #monitoring #GIS #spatial #mapping #remotesensing #satellite #Sentinel #sedimentation #humanimpacts #infrastructure #damage #cost #economics #public #safety #model #modeling #downstream

In 2022, DJI was able to fly one of their drones over Mt. Everest.

Here's the video recorded by the drone around the highest point on Earth!
https://youtu.be/Zz9oI3B6v4c

In 2024 and 2025, DJI drones, specifically the Mavic 3 Pro and Mavic 4 Pro, achieved record-setting, high-altitude flights over Mount Everest, capturing 8K footage of the summit at 8,848 meters. These drones, often operated with 8KRAW, showcased remarkable stability in high winds (up to 50 km/h) and thin air.

DJI Mavic 3 Pro: https://youtu.be/A-iVxaFhr7s
DJI Mavic 4 Pro: https://youtu.be/csDriucITDE

Here are some of the physics challenges involved 👇

#Drone #DronePhotography #MtEverest #Everest #Aerodynamics #Physics #DJIdroneshots #HighAltitude #ThinAir #PhysicsChallenge #Nepal #Himalayas #Drones #DroneShots

Muktinath Temple travel guide: luxury Nepal Himalayas trip planning for one of the world’s most sacred high-altitude pilgrimage sites.

How to reach Muktinath, what to expect, why Mustang feels like another planet, and how to do it without letting logistics eat the trip.

https://thevagabondcouple.blogspot.com/2025/04/muktinath-temple-luxury-travel-agency-nepal-himalayas-mountains.html

#VagabondCouple #travel #Nepal #Muktinath #Himalayas #Mustang #NepalTravel

What Are Some Popular Trekking Destinations in the Himalayan Region?

https://indiasafaristrends.wordpress.com/2026/06/07/what-are-some-popular-trekking-destinations-in-the-himalayan-region/

Birding, & eating what the birds eat

A very nice bird walk in a village near Mukteshwar.

Highlights many - the special one was the song of a Grey-bellied Tesia.

End of main walk break consisted of peaches (cultivated) and the round fruit of wild Myrica esculenta, locally Kaaphal.

The Indian Cuckoo sings Kaaphal Paako..., Kaaphal Pakiyo. (& not surprisingly the local name is simply "Kaphaal Paako")

#Wildberries #fruits #birding #nature #naturewalks #IndiasNature #Himalayas #Uttarakhand

Over the past week I traveled over some side roads - day time & even later in the nights. Narrow but good road, low traffic, & very kind people.

Stopped a few times to get photos or just take a break. Almost always had friendly chats with people &. almost always they just handed me large delicious Peaches. Unbidden.

In one case a man gave me the fruit from under an almost closed shutter.

#kindness #fruits #nature #people #uttarakhand #peaches #india #indiasNature #himalayas #travel

🕷️😊 Researchers in #Uttarakhand, #India, spotted a spider resembling #Hawaii’s happy-face #spider during ant #biodiversity work.

#DNA confirmed it was a new species, *Theridion himalayana*, with distinct evolutionary origins. Both species evolved their patterns independently.

👉 https://www.popsci.com/environment/himalayan-happy-face-spider/

#spiders #himalayas #arachnid #evolution #genetics #science #discovery

A Cobra lily flower & plant (Arisaema propinquum | Wallach's Cobra Lily), in the dense undergrowth of a Cold Temperate Forest (altitude 2200 m asl)

#CobraLily #bloomscrolling #Flowers #Nature #forest #Himalayas #wildflowers #IndiasNature
#Uttarakhand

PS i think it is A propinquum ( cannot find my book to verify)

9th May 26 was Endemic Bird day & also Himalayan Bird Count Day

Normally our group would have gone crazy - with birding events in 3 or 4 locations. This year subdued - people on assignment & in different locations. So took the opportunity to slow walk through a village forest

Bird List https://tinyurl.com/HBC26
Bird Highlight - Long-billed Thrush

#nature #birding #himalayas #india #endemicBirdDay #HimalayaBirdCount #IndiasNature #Forests #Uttarakhand #Munsiari #Sarmoli #Shankhdhura #ebird

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Last night when I reached home I was greeted with this awesome meal.

Jarak Bithuwa Saag with roti.

Leaves of Jarak | Indian Pokeweed ( Phytolacca acinosa)& Bithuwa | Lamb's Quarter (Chenopodium album) are washed and finely chopped. In a wok unrefined or expelled mustard oil is heated, into which whole red chillies are "thrown in", & then the green leaves & salt are added & slow cooked till the rawness disappears.

#food #homefood #greens #recipes #uttarakhand #india #himalayas

Travel Update : Escaping from the hot plains into the mountains
Haldwani | Bhimtal | Bhowali | ....... Mukteshwar

The exit was messy, traffic jams & a hot afternoon. The heat index (like fuel prices) seems to keep going up.

Midst of a long weekend so lots of non state vehicles, many with poor hill road etiquette.

It became cool around Bhimtal. Will need a series of posts to describe what it feels to be in the mountains

#travel #mountains #himalayas #nature #uttarakhand #trafficjams #lakes

Ice-Patch Collapse And Early-Warning Implications From A Himalayan Flash Flood - Emerging Cryo-Hydrological Hazards Under Deglaciation
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s44304-026-00191-x
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https://youtu.be/zZXER7DocfY?si=lYOE_a6YwigP3-mB
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #glacier #glacial #cryosphere #risk #hazard #flood #flooding #flashflood #earthobservation #cryohydrology #ice #snow #water #hydrogy #Himalaya #Himalayan #extremeweather #monitoring #risk #hazard #forecasting #DharaliFlashFlood #CryosphereScience #Deglaciation #EarlyWarning #RemoteSensing #Himalayas #NaturalHazards #ClimateChange #GlacierResearch #OpenScience #highmountain #mountain #slope #steepness #erosion #fluvial #nivation #Uttarakhand #India #SrikantaGlacier #DEM #elevation #satellite #chronology #reconstruction #ablation #debris #sedimentation #debrisflow #meltwater #debris #surge #massmovement #engineeringgeology #cryospherichazard #terrain #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #earlywarning #naturalhazard #channel #topography #geography #hydrogeomorphology #geomorphology #Dharali

In 2022, DJI was able to fly one of their drones over Mt. Everest.

Here are some of the physics challenges involved (see comments) 👇

Here's the drone video (2022) recorded at the highest point on Earth!
https://youtu.be/Zz9oI3B6v4c

In 2024 and 2025, DJI drones, specifically the Mavic 3 Pro and Mavic 4 Pro, achieved record-setting, high-altitude flights over Mount Everest, capturing 8K footage of the summit at 8,848 meters. These drones, often operated with 8KRAW, showcased remarkable stability in high winds (up to 50 km/h) and thin air.

DJI Mavic 3 Pro: https://youtu.be/A-iVxaFhr7s
DJI Mavic 4 Pro: https://youtu.be/csDriucITDE

#Drone #DronePhotography #MtEverest #Everest #Aerodynamics #Physics #DJIdroneshots #HighAltitude #ThinAir #PhysicsChallenge #Nepal #Himalayas #Drones #DroneShots

A Brown Wood owl (Strix leptogrammica) seen in tall trees near Kosi Katarmal, Uttarakhand India.

Bird was in a dark shaded spot in the mid canopy of tall trees. I was quite some distance but it was fully aware of my presence and tracking as i tried to get closer walking through dense undergrowth. One blink and look away this #SuperbOwl vanished.

#BrownWoodOwl #Strix #StrixLeptogrammica #Owl #India #IndiasNature #HimalayaSpeaks #Himalayas #Uttarakhand #Nature #Birds #Nikon #BirdPhotography

Inside Nepal's mountain amphitheater where 8,000m peaks surround you 🏔️ Less crowds, pure magic ✨

Read more: https://flip.it/qihRPx

#travel #southasia #nepal #nepaltravel #hiking #himalayas #annapurna #annapurnabasecamp #abctrekking #wanderlust

Accelerated Glacier Area Loss and Extinction of Small Glaciers in the Bhutanese Himalaya over the Past Five Decades
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https://doi.org/10.3390/rs18020323 <-- shared paper
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#Bhutan #Himalayas #glacierinventory #debriscover #laketerminating #cryosphere #glacier #inventory #change #GIS #spatial #mapping #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #glacierloss #extinction #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #remotesensing #earthobservation #GLOF #flood #flooding #atmospheric #warming #waterresources #naturalhazard #risk #hazard #mountain #highmountain #model #modeling #climatechange #glacierretreat #ecosystems #humanimpacts #Tibet

For the past month or so, others & I had been birding & naturing (nature watching) every day, & we had been seeing Steppe Eagles (Aquila nepalensis) often (not a rarity in this part of the mountains at this time of the year).

Sharing this moment here, as my first post, reminds me of the thrill of that special moment & in a way also hopefully a thrill start to being here on Mastodon (& the fediverse)

#birds #nature #himalayas #indiasnature #himalayaspeaks #Uttarakhand #winterbirding

Picking the wrong season means missing out on the best Annapurna has to offer 🏔️⛺🌦️ #travel #southasia #nepal #himalayas #himalaya #annapurna #wanderlust

Read more: https://flip.it/50QDVE

Indian Towns with a European Vibe: Explore Charm, Luxury, and Culture in 2026–2027

https://indiasafaristrends.wordpress.com/2025/08/25/indian-towns-with-a-european-vibe-explore-charm-luxury-and-culture-in-2025-2026/

The Adi Kailash and Lipulekh Pass Bike Tour is a thrilling and soul-enriching journey through the majestic Himalayas, combining adventure with profound spiritual experiences. visit us - https://wandersky.in/

#adikailash #omparvat #kailashmansarovar #uttarakhand #kailash #lipulekh #himalayas #mountains #manimahesh #mahadev #dharchula #adikailashyatra #nepal #india #travel #kedarnath #uttarakhandheaven #pithoragarh

Climate Change Impact Assessment On The Hydrological Regime Of The Kaligandaki Basin, Nepal
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.12.332 <-- shared paper
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“HIGHLIGHTS
• The rise in temperature and increase in precipitation is projected in future in Kaligandaki River basin.
• The water availability in the basin is not likely to decrease during this century.
• The change in water balance in the upper sub-basins of Kaligandaki River is higher.
• The output from this research could be beneficial for water resources management..."
#GIS #spatial #mapping #Nepal #Kaligandaki #riverbasin #basin #river #hydrology #model #modeling #numericmodeling #climatechange #temperature #precipitation #ET ##waterresources #water #watersecurity #waterbalance #impactassessment #humanimpacts #freshwater #HinduKush #himalayas #SWAT #prediction #projection #cimip5 #gcm #waterbalance #snowmelt #evapotranspiration #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal

Goodnight from Muktinath. Big day today. Peaceful sunset. Lots of good people in this part of the world.

#EwenOnTour #Photography #Nepal #AnnapurnaRanges #Muktinath #Himalayas #HappyPlaces

New Geological Study Rewrites History Of The World's Highest Peaks
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidbressan/2023/08/15/new-geological-study-rewrites-history-of-the-worlds-highest-peaks/ <-- shared media article
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-023-01243-x <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #remotesensing #uplift #Himalayas #tibet #model #modeling #research #uplift #sampling #hydrothermal #oxygenisotopes #India #Eurasia #mountains #geology #structuralgeology #TibetanPlateau #palaeoaltimetry #palaeoelevation #geodynamic #palaeoclimate #GangdeseArc #subduction #lithosphere #continentalcollision