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Scientists say more than 350 new plant and animal species have been discovered in the eastern Himalayan mountains, but now they are seriously threatened by the effects o…
Although no accurate data has been obtained after the disaster at the end of last week, geologists have predicted that the highest peak in the world as well as the entir…
Glaciers around the world are melting, shrinking and even disappearing completely.
The intergovernmental committee on combating climate change (IPCC), has released a more cautious new forecast regarding the possibility of melting ice in the Himalayas.
Glacier researchers have analyzed the data on this mountain range and concluded that 'the roof of the world' lost 13%, or about 443 billion tons of ice in the past 40 ye…
Research by the International Fund for Nature Protection (WWF) said that if greenhouse gas emissions continue to increase today, populations of snow leopard (Panthera un…
Earth began the process of regenerating surface crust about 3 billion years ago, launching terrible clashes between tectonic plates like today. A new shell is continuall…
According to a new hypothesis, the speed of collisions between tectonic plates on the earth is slowing, creating a great repulsive force affecting the altitudes of the H…
People affected by the Himalayan footprint struggled with a difficult life after suffering a seizure of 6.9 on the Richter scale, killing 67 people.
A 6.3-magnitude quake shook the country in the Himalayas of Bhutan on September 21, leaving at least 11 people dead, destroying an ancient monastery and causing hundreds…
Is it random or not when all the highest mountains in the world are located close to the equator?
Humans and all living beings are indebted to plants, because thanks to them, the earth has not been covered by ice for the past 26 million years.
The health of hundreds of millions of people on the planet could be in danger because medicinal plants are being over-exploited.
About 50 million years ago, Everest and hundreds of other peaks in the Himalayas used to be islands.