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Women carry belongings salvaged from their flooded home after monsoon rains, in the Qambar Shahdadkot district of Sindh Province, of Pakistan, Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2022. 
Natural disasters
‘Doomsday’ flooding in Pakistan linked to glacial melt, expert says
The Himalayas — where legends say the Yeti, or Abominable Snowman, roams.
Science
In DNA testing, ‘Yeti’ samples come up bears, bears, bears
A Nepalese army personnel stands in front of a collapsed temple in Bhaktapur, Nepal a day after the April 25 earthquake rocked the country. The quake devastated the heavily crowded Kathmandu valley, killing thousands and triggering a deadly avalanche on M
Environment
Earthquakes create as well as destroy
A woman carries her belongings as she walks over a collapsed house in Bhaktapur, Nepal, on April 27, 2015.
Science
Nepal’s quake preparations not enough, despite 20 years of warnings
The architecture at the University of Texas at El Paso owes a lot to the Himalayan Kingdom of Bhutan. It all dates back to a National Geographic article in 1914.
Culture
Tourists spend thousands of dollars to schlep to Bhutan when they can just go to El Paso
Mt. Everest, the world's highest mountain, is seen from the viewing point at Lukla in northern Nepal.
Environment
Mount Everest has a problem — with poop
Environment
Many Sherpas are going home to give Mount Everest ‘a rest’
Environment
Many Sherpas are going home to give Mount Everest ‘a rest’
Buddhist monks offer prayer during the funeral rally of Nepali Sherpa climbers in Kathmandu April 21, 2014. Nepal's Sherpas have demanded compensation of $10,000 for the families of 16 colleagues dead or missing in an avalanche on Mount Everest and double
Arts, Culture & Media
Will Mount Everest expeditions go on this year?
Buddhist monks offer prayer during the funeral rally of Nepali Sherpa climbers in Kathmandu April 21, 2014. Nepal's Sherpas have demanded compensation of $10,000 for the families of 16 colleagues dead or missing in an avalanche on Mount Everest and double
Arts, Culture & Media
Will Mount Everest expeditions go on this year?
Global Politics
First Indian woman on Everest aids Himalayan flood relief efforts
Climber calls for stricter rules after three die, two go missing on Mount Everest
Environment
Himalayan mountain glaciers show signs of global warming
First Indian Woman on Everest Aids Himalayan Flood Relief Efforts
Arts, Culture & Media
Isolated Long Lost Kingdom of the Himalayas
Arts, Culture & Media
Remembering Sir Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay’s Climb Up to the Top Everest
Environment
Restoring Urban India’s Riverbanks
Environment
Measuring the Impact of Bhutan’s Melting Glaciers
Sports
Death On Everest: A Mountaineer Explains The Psychology of Peril
Global Politics
Everest Deaths Linked to Crowding on the Mountain
Science Podcast: Climate Change in the Himalayas
Global Politics
Gateway to the Himalayas
Ultimate High
Smog in the Himalayas
The Himalayan State of Skkim
The Trash-Covered Slopes of Mount Everest
Melting at the Top of the World
Himalayan Hydropower
Conflict & Justice
Himalayan mountain range
Global Politics
Geo answer
Arts, Culture & Media
India: glaciers recede, rivers threatened
Sports
Torch reaches summit
Conflict & Justice
Everest torch progress
Conflict & Justice
Olympic torch on Mt Everest
Conflict & Justice
Second torch to summit Everest