On 26th August 2026, devastating floods hit Nepal and Tibet. At time of writing, 1400 people were missing, and 270 bodies had been recovered, but this toll is sadly expected to rise. The flooding hit the Gyirong border crossing and was caught on CCTV, showing people running for their lives before a wall of water […]
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By Gunjan Silwal, OnePlanet Doctoral Student Nepal, a landlocked Himalayan country with 30 million people1, has a strikingly diverse topography. Within just 150–200 km across the width of the nation, its elevation shifts dramatically from the low-lying Terai Plains (~70 m asl) to Mount Everest (8,848 m), the world’s highest peak. This extreme altitudinal variation creates
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By Gunjan Silwal, OnePlanet Doctoral Student I am undertaking a PhD in glaciology at Newcastle University, focusing on quantifying glacier disconnection, fragmentation, and separation, and assessing their impact on glacier mass loss and ice flow in the Himalayas. My PhD involves high altitude fieldwork in inaccessible regions in Nepal. In November 2024, I conducted glacier
Fieldwork in Nepal diary: Langtang Glaciological expedition Read More »
