Tag Archive for 'Himalayas'

Han et al. found that erosion from a river network about 75 km from Mount Everest is carving away a substantial gorge; the loss of this landmass is causing the mountain to spring upwards by as much as 2 mm a year and has already increased its height by between 15 and 50 m over the past 89,000 years. Image credit: Truthseeker08.

Nearby River is Pushing Up Peak of Mount Everest, Study Suggests

Oct 1, 2024 by News Staff

Mount Everest, also known as Chomolungma in Tibetan or Sagarmāthā in Nepali, is about 15 to 50 m taller than it would otherwise be because of uplift...

Paraparatrechina neela, holotype worker. Image credit: Sahanashree et al., doi: 10.3897/zookeys.1203.114168.

Entomologists Discover Metallic-Blue Colored Ant Species in India

Jun 6, 2024 by Natali Anderson

Entomologists have described a new species of the ant genus Paraparatrechina from Yingku village in the East Siang district of Arunachal Pradesh, northeastern...

Giesche et al. aimed to reconstruct indications of both the winter and summer rainy seasons from their multi-proxy time series and evaluate the impact these changes may have had on the Indus Civilization. Image credit: Giesche et al., doi: 10.1038/s43247-023-00763-z.

Recurring Summer and Winter Droughts Led to Demise of Bronze Age Indus Civilization

Apr 27, 2023 by News Staff

In new research, scientists from the University of Cambridge and elsewhere reconstructed changes in summer and winter rainfall from trace elements and...

Allium negianum. Image credit: Pandey et al., doi: 10.3897/phytokeys.183.65433.

New Species of Onion Discovered in India

Oct 18, 2021 by News Staff

A team of researchers has described a new species of the genus Allium from the Uttarakhand Himalayan region of India. Allium negianum. Image credit: Pandey...

The Yunnan woolly flying squirrel (Eupetaurus nivamons). Image credit: Quan Li.

Two New Species of Woolly Flying Squirrels Discovered

Jun 10, 2021 by Sergio Prostak

An international team of zoologists from Australia and China has discovered two new cryptic species in the genus Eupetaurus — which previously included...

The Himalayan marmot (Marmota himalayana). Image credit: Shauryankar Lingwal / CC BY-SA 4.0.

Scientists Sequence Genome of Himalayan Marmot

Dec 28, 2018 by News Staff

Researchers have for the first time mapped the genome of the Himalayan marmot (Marmota himalayana), a hibernating mammal that inhabits the high-elevation...

A still frame from the Patterson-Gimlin film, a famous motion picture of an unidentified subject filmed on October 20, 1967 by Roger Patterson and Robert Gimlin on Bluff Creek, a tributary of the Klamath River about 25 road miles north-west of Orleans, California.

Purported Yeti Samples Are Genetically Identical to Asian Bears, DNA Study Says

Nov 30, 2017 by News Staff

The Yeti, a mysterious ‘hominid’-like creature said to inhabit the high mountains of Asia, looms large in the mythology of Nepal and Tibet. Now, a...

Everest and Khumbu glacier in the Dudh Koshi basin. Image credit: Patrick Wagnon.

Everest Glaciers Very Sensitive to Global Warming, Researchers Say

May 28, 2015 by News Staff

According to a team of scientists led by Dr Joseph Shea of the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development in Kathmandu, Nepal, if greenhouse-gas...

No Need to Replace Himalayan Yeti with Unknown Species of Bear, Says New Study

Mar 17, 2015 by News Staff

Scientists behind a new study published in the journal ZooKeys reject a recent claim that a yet-to-be-discovered species of Himalayan bear may be the source...

Bar-headed geese (Anser indicus) in Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India. Image credit: J.M.Garg / CC BY-SA 3.0.

Study Reveals How Bar-Headed Geese Cope with Flying over Himalayas

Jan 16, 2015 by News Staff

Bar-headed geese (Anser indicus) perform a sort of roller coaster ride through the mountains, essentially tracking the underlying terrain even if this...