Continental Clash: The India–Asia Collision and the Rise of the Himalayas
Compelling new evidence resolves discrepant interpretations and supports the large size of Greater India. Hundreds of millions of years ago, the surface of the Earth…
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NASA ICESat Shows Himalayan Glaciers Have Lost Less Ice Than Worst Estimates
A 2010 study using measurements taking by the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) satellite reported that glaciers in the Himalayas and the Tibetan plateau…
Valery Rozov BASE Jumps From 21,000 Feet off the Summit of Shivling in the Himalayas
While Valrey Rozov didn’t set a BASE jumping world record when he jumped off the 21,466-foot summit of Shivling, a Himalayan mountain in India, it’s…
Himalayan Glaciers Declining Less Rapidly Than Previously Thought
A new study suggests that the decline of the Himalayan glaciers due to climate change may be occurring at a slower rate than previously thought….