Water-conserving Irrigation Strategies Minimize Overwatering, Runoff Nov 6, 2009
25, 2006) New research into climate change in the Western Himalaya and the surrounding Karakoram and Hindu Kush mountains could explain why many glaciers there are growing and not melting. The findings suggest. (Science Daily)
Sunday TV: Who Do You Think You Are? Oct 10, 2009
This episode takes us high up to the Gangotri Glacier in the Indian Himalaya, which is considered the real source of the river, cascading down the mountains into the north Indian flood plain and the holy city of Haridwar. As you might expect from the BBC, the photography is glorious and the soundtrack complements it majestic, complex, rich and, at times, intense and moody. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
5 dead as strong quake rocks Bhutan Sep 22, 2009
Bhutan -- a small, landlocked country in the Himalaya mountains -- is considered one of the world's most isolated countries because of the government's strict regulation of foreign influences. Share this on. (CNN -- World)
15-day tour of India and Nepal from $2,499 Sep 18, 2009
Visit the Taj Mahal, the Himalayas and more ... Round out your tour with a scenic flight over the Himalaya Mountains ... The catchNovember through March is peak travel season in India, but be prepared for brisk weather in the snowy Himalayas. (MSNBC -- Travel)
On top of the world Sep 12, 2009
Twenty-five years after his participation in the first Australian ascent of Mount Everest, Lincoln Hall reflects on the lure of the Himalayas - and a climb mountaineering historians still regard as astonishing ... Authors are prone to hyperbole, but if we limit Hemingway's remarks about mountains to the giant Himalayan peaks and the attempts to climb them without oxygen, then he's right on the money ... The final members of our team were Tenzing Sherpa and Narayan Shresta, who for many years had... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
What energy, climate proposals mean to you Sep 1, 2009
The Himalaya Mountains redirect the northern upper atmospheric jet stream, the sub-aqueous terrain of the Northern Atlantic controls how much of the Gulf Stream makes it into the polar ocean, which determines its temperature and salinity. A significant volcanic eruption under the Greenland Ice Cap can also have a significant effect on the temperature and salinity of waters in the North Atlantic, or an eruption akin to that of Krakatoa or larger can radically sight the climate. (Nogales International, AZ)
The changing face of Utica Aug 30, 2009
The Kingdom of Bhutan is a landlocked nation in South Asia, located at the eastern end of the Himalaya Mountains. It is bordered to the south, east and west by India and to the north by China. (Utica NY Obserer, NY)
When Did Humans Return After Last Ice Age? Aug 13, 2009
New research shows the most recent of these lakes, in the Himalaya Mountains of Tibet, broke through. (Dec. (Science Daily)
Essential Travel Info for Mendoza, ... Jul 2, 2009
At 6962 m, Cerro Aconcagua is both the tallest peak in the Americas and the highest point outside the Himalaya Mountains. It can be hiked with local guides between December and March. (Suite101.com)
A peak experience May 16, 2009
Jl Photography / AlamyDotted with Tibetan prayer flags, the famed peak of Kala Pattar in the Nepalese Himalaya is at the center of the magnificent circle including Everest, Nupste, Lhotse and Pumori. The summit (23,000 feet) offers a stunningly complete view of Mount Everest, from base camp to peak. (MSNBC -- Travel)
Global warming: OSU speaks May 12, 2009
"The last glaciers in the Pacific are located right in the middle of the Himalaya mountains and the Andes mountains ," Gabrielli said. "We will drill several ice cores down to the bedrock and try to reconstruct past El Ni;o and La Ni;a phenomena.". (Ohio State University -- The Lantern, OH)
Oregon Recreation Report (3) Mar 7, 2009
While earlier berry crops like salmonberry and thimbleberry were sparse and late, the later ones such as salal, huckleberry, blackcap and Himalaya berry are plentiful ... Himalayan blackberries have been ripe for some time now and due to the fact that huckleberries are becoming ripe in many places blackberries are beyond the point of being attractive to bears. (Lebanon Express, OR)
March-April 2009 GSA Bulletin media highlights Feb 11, 2009
Stratigraphic correlation of Cambrian-Ordovician deposits along the Himalaya: Implications for the age and nature of rocks in the Mount Everest region Paul M. Myrow et al., Dept. of Geology, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, Colorado 80903, USA. Pages 323-332 ... Detailed study of Cambrian and Ordovician (542-443 million years ago) sedimentary rocks from along an about 1100 km length of the Himalaya has allowed for correlation of specific formations from northern India to Tibet ... The rocks,... (EurekAlert!)
Mom and Pop Whitman track the elusive snow leopard Feb 8, 2009
They range amid the most formidable series of mountains on Earth: the Himalaya and Karakoram; the Plateau of Tibet; adjoining Kunlun; the Hindu Kush, Pamirs, and Tian Shan; the Altay, whose peaks define Mongolia's border with China, Kazakhstan, and Russia; and the Sayan chain west of Lake Baikal ... Snow Leopard Conservancy-India has helped set up Himalayan Homestays, a program that steers trekkers to houses for herders who agree to protect snow leopards and their wild neighbors. (Weymouth News, MA)
