Glaciers

Dharamshala — A deadly avalanche that dumped 70 million tons of ice into a valley below the mountains of western Tibet this summer was likely the result of climate change, researchers warn.

Climate change could be to blame for Tibetan tragedy. One of the world's largest documented ice avalanches is flummoxing researchers.

Supermarkets in Hong Kong, as elsewhere in China, have in recent years been sporting bottled waters filled from Tibet’s glaciers that are shocking for their unsustainability – in a business that is environmentally deeply problematic to start with, said a commentary posted on hongkongfp.com Sep 17.

Interbreeding with cows of Gilgit-Baltistan, or yaks of Tibet, could help revive the animal’s population.

On July 17, 2016, a huge stream of ice and rock tumbled down a narrow valley in the Aru Range of Tibet.

BEIJING: A devastating earthquake that hit Nepal in April moved Mount Everest three centimetres to the southwest, but did not change its height, according to Chinese research published on Tuesday.