Tag Archives: Himalayas

• Himalayas becomes visible from plains of India after coronavirus lockdown reduced pollution 8 April 2020 | Alice Cachia This post has no comments yet

  The Himalayas have become visible from plains of India as the pollution levels across much of the country -- infamous for its dirty air -- have dropped sharply amid the country's lockdown as it tackles coronavirus. ...

• Yeti footprints sighted claims Indian army expedition team 30 April 2019 This post has one comment

  Mountaineers from the Indian army on an expedition in Nepal have found mysterious large footprints in the snow that they think belong to the Yeti, or the abominable snowman. ...

• Tibet mountainous long before Himalayas 14 May 2014 | Jane Qiu This post has no comments yet

  Rock isotopes and fossils suggest the Tibetan Plateau to be already as high as they are today before India collided with Asia about 50 million years ago. ...

• Three poles: The Arctic, Antarctic and Himalayas all connect 2 June 2013 | Falk Huettmann and Ashok K Roy This post has no comments yet

  For many there are two poles; but for some there are three poles which are so lovely, so inviting, and have so much in common in terms of their extreme physical ecosystems. ...

• Himalayan Viagra leads to violent clashes 24 June 2010 | Graham Pembrey This post has no comments yet

  A report in The Guardian has highlighted the violent confrontations that are occurring in Tibet, as people scramble to collect 'Himalayan Viagra'. ...