Earth has experienced both hot and cold periods over time, though warm times have been more common. That’s true of the last 485 million years, as seen in this timeline reported in 2024. Our genus, ...

Meanwhile, global temperatures are rising. Research shows volcanoes add a small, brief pulse of carbon dioxide, while human ...

Over the last 3,800 years, agro-pastoral activities have accelerated alpine soil erosion at a pace four to 10 times faster ...

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Snow banks help plants thrive in the mountains, providing water and nutrients for soil. But as climate change warms the ...

A changing climate The Hindu Kush and Himalayan mountain regions -- stretching from Afghanistan to Myanmar -- hold more ice than anywhere else outside the Arctic and Antarctic.

Traditional mud homes built for a dry, cold mountain climate fell apart as monsoon rains grew more intense — a shift scientists link to climate change.

Traditional mud homes built for a dry, cold mountain climate fell apart as monsoon rains grew more intense — a shift scientists link to climate change. The region's steep slopes and narrow valleys ...

A changing climate The Hindu Kush and Himalayan mountain regions — stretching from Afghanistan to Myanmar — hold more ice than anywhere else outside the Arctic and Antarctic. Their glaciers feed major ...

Glaciers are retreating and permafrost areas are thawing as snowfall becomes scarcer and more erratic, according to the Kathmandu-based International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development or ...