The geopolitics of Nepal’s water and electricity
A rapidly warming atmosphere is melting Himalayan glaciers, changing the seasonal flow of water in Nepal’s rivers, and increasing the interest of downstream India...
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Women and water
The climate crisis is a water crisis – either too much of it, or too little. Droughts have dried up springs, and...
Kathmandu's ‘flash floods’ are 4 decades in the making
Aerial photograph of Kathmandu Valley, looking west over the floodplain in 1967. Photo: EARL WEBB/DOUG HALL PEACE CORPS COLLECTIONS Kathmandu Valley’s geography...
Nepal needs to plan for plenty and scarcity of water
Climate change, pollution, and lack of infrastructure restrict water access in Nepal. Madhav Belbase, retired Secretary of the Ministry of Water Supply,...
The Kosi’s sorrow, and scope
Exploring Nepal’s largest river during a destructive monsoon
Hunger for governance
Nepal has had one emergency heaped on top of another for more than a year now. The Covid-19 emergency, wildfires, and now floods.Political flux in...
Kathmandu's Water Day
Through the centuries, Kathmandu Valley residents have set aside a day just before the monsoon when the groundwater table is at its lowest to...
Too little, too much, or too polluted
When NASA explores other planets, the test of whether there is life, is to detect the presence of water. Here on Earth,...
A Biden presidency, climate and the Himalaya
With just 4% of the world’s population, the United States is responsible for over 15% of annual global carbon emissions. What America...
Forests replace glaciers in the Himalaya
[caption id="attachment_54080" align="alignnone" width="900"] Panoramic view of Manang Village and the Gangapurna and Annapurna III Glaciers that have retreated dramatically since 1980....
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