The World Meteorological Organization’s State of the Climate in Asia 2024 report warns that the region is warming nearly twice as fast as the global average, driving more extreme weather and posing serious threats to lives, ecosystems, and economies. In 2024, Asia experienced its warmest or second warmest year on …
The per capita disaster impact of the April 25 earthquake and its subsequent aftershocks was highest in the mountains and lowest in inner Tarai among the 14 most affected districts in the country. The poor socio-economic conditions of the mountain people who already live under conditions of poverty, inequality and …
Secondary organic aerosol (SOA) affects the earth’s radiation balance and global climate. High-elevation areas are sensitive to global climate change. However, at present, SOA origins and seasonal variations are understudied in remote high-elevation areas. Original Source
There is an increased risk of a future major earthquake in an area that straddles the west of Nepal and India, scientists warn. New data has revealed that the devastating quake that hit Nepal in April did not release all of the stress that had built up underground, and has …
Detailed geodetic imaging of earthquake rupture enhances our understanding of earthquake physics and induced ground shaking. The April 25, 2015 Mw 7.8 Gorkha, Nepal earthquake is the first example of a large continental megathrust rupture beneath a high-rate (5 Hz) GPS network. We use GPS and InSAR data to model …
Large earthquakes are thought to release strain on previously locked faults. However, the details of how earthquakes are initiated, grow and terminate in relation to pre-seismically locked and creeping patches is unclear. The 2015 Mw 7.8 Gorkha, Nepal earthquake occurred close to Kathmandu in a region where the prior pattern …
Large earthquakes are thought to release strain on previously locked faults. However, the details of how earthquakes are initiated, grow and terminate in relation to pre-seismically locked and creeping patches is unclear1, 2, 3, 4. The 2015 Mw 7.8 Gorkha, Nepal earthquake occurred close to Kathmandu in a region where …
A second draft framework of the World Bank, for environmental and social safeguards policies, is said to “vastly weaken protections for affected communities and the environment at the same time as the bank intends to finance more high-risk projects,” and it could have a serious impact in India, which is …
An early warning system for earthquakes will be built in Nepal, the Institute of Care-Life in Chengdu, Sichuan province, and the Nepal Academy of Science and Technology announced on Tuesday. The announcement came 100 days after the magnitude-7.8 Nepal earthquake that killed 8,699 people. "With a cost of $3 million, …
DEHRADUN: During the tiger census last year, 22% of the of big cats in the country were found to roam in areas that were not tiger reserves or protected forests. Now, an international effort has begun to better protect tigers that roam the forest divisions of Ramnagar, Haldwani, Terai east …
Heavy monsoon rains have continued to lash much of southern Asia, threatening further casualties and more destruction after a week of lethal floods and landslides. More than 100 people have died and up to 1 million fled their homes as land from Pakistan to Burma was deluged. In Burma, opposition …
KATHMANDU, AUG 04 - The government has decided to strictly reinforce the ban on polythene bags undertaken about three months ago, less than two weeks before the Great Earthquake struck the nation on April 25. Following directives from Parliament over the threat of the use of toxic plastic bags, the …
In 2007, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) predicted that global mean temperature will increase by between 1.0 and 6.5 degrees Centigrade within the next 90 years. Even more alarming, average annual temperatures are forecasted to increase by more than 1.0 degree Centigrade by 2029 and by more than …
Several of the world’s poorest and most vulnerable countries are leading the way in developing and implementing low-carbon climate-resilient development (LCRD) strategies. International and domestic climate finance can play an important role in implementing LCRD policies and plans in the least developed countries. This report analyses the new financial delivery …
Landslides triggered by torrential rain in Nepal swept through villages on Thursday, killing at least 30 people close to the nation's most popular trekking circuit, home ministry officials said. The landslides struck the villages near the resort town of Pokhara, 125 km (77 miles) west of Kathmandu shortly after midnight. …
A landslide triggered by torrential rain killed 15 people in western Nepal and the death toll could rise, the home ministry said on Thursday.The landslide struck two villages near the resort town of Pokhara, 125 km (77 miles) west of Kathmandu. At least 22 houses were destroyed, the ministry said. …
National parks in Banke, Bardiya and Shuklaphanta Wildlife Reserve have witnessed a dramatic surge in Tiger numbers, recent surveys conducted by park officials suggest. The number of big cats have nearly doubled in the past few years in these protected areas. “At least seven tigers have been observed in Banke …
DHADING, JUL 30 - Children belonging to Chepang and Tamang communities in the district are suffering from severe malnutrition after the April 25 earthquake, a government study has shown. The study showed that the number of severely malnourished children in the district stands at 78 for the year ending April …
The existence of the wildlife is in danger, as deforestation is rampant in the upper belt in Myagdi district. A large number of trees have been fallen for medicinal herbs and other resources. Ranger at the District Forest Office, Myagdi, Chandramani Sapkota said that the wildlife in the upper part …
KATHMANDU, JUL 28 - The government has increased in ex-gratia compensation to the kin of wild animal attack victims from Rs 300,000 to Rs 500,000 in a bid to encourage people’s participation in forest and wildlife conservation and mitigate incidence of human-wildlife conflict. The Department of National Parks and Wildlife …
Lack of a coordinated policy towards addressing rapid urbanisation has put the urban environment in peril, according to a government report released last week. The Economic Survey for the fiscal year 2014-2015 stated that despite being one of the least urbanised countries in Asia, urbanisation has been taking rapid growth …
