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Modeling mountain building and the seismic cycle in the Himalaya of Nepal [PDF]

, 2000
A host of information is now available regarding the geological and thermal structure as well as deformation rate across the Himalaya of central Nepal.
Avouac, J. P., Cattin, R.
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Museomics Deciphers the Phylogeographic Differentiation and Conservation Status of a Montane Pheasant

Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.
Museum specimens provide a rich source of historical DNA, enabling insights into phylogenetic relationships and demographic history of the endangered Koklass Pheasant. Our findings uncovered a previously unrecognized population in Guizhou province and highlighted elevated extinction risk in populations from Anhui province and Southern China, informing ...
Zhiyong Jiang, Yalin Cheng, Shuai Zhang, Wenqing Zang, Peng He, Dezhi Zhang, Jinjuan Mei, Peng Cui, Yanhua Qu, Hailong Wu   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Learning to Use Visualizations (an example with elevation and temperature) [PDF]

, 2003
The purpose of this activity is to introduce students to visualizations as a tool for scientific problem-solving, using elevation and temperature as an example.
The GLOBE Program, UCAR (University Corporation for Atmospheric Research)
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Editorial

HIMALAYA, 2023
Michael T. Heneise, Jeevan R. Sharma
doaj   +1 more source

A Space That Has Been Laboured on: Mobile Lives and Transcultural Circulation around Darjeeling and the Eastern Himalayas

The Journal of Transcultural Studies, 2016
The Himalayas had long been a dynamic, yet geographically remote and ecologically challenging space of spiritual significance and cultural flux for Asian borderland peoples and mountain cultures. From the mid-nineteenth century onwards, imperial policies,
Jayeeta Sharma
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Shorebirds wintering in Southeast Asia demonstrate trans-Himalayan flights

Scientific Reports, 2020
Many birds wintering in the Indian subcontinent fly across the Himalayas during migration, including Bar-headed Geese (Anser indicus), Demoiselle Cranes (Anthropoides virgo) and Ruddy Shelducks (Tadorna ferruginea). However, little is known about whether
David Li, Geoffrey Davison, Simeon Lisovski, Phil F. Battley, Zhijun Ma, Shufen Yang, Choon Beng How, Doug Watkins, Philip Round, Alex Yee, Vupasana Srinivasan, Clarice Teo, Robert Teo, Adrian Loo, Chee Chiew Leong, Kenneth Er   +15 more
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The Himalayas: A climate change laboratory

Environmental Development, 2023
H. Chauhan, D. Gallacher, A. Bhatt, A. Bisht   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Determination of Rainfall Thresholds for Landslide Prediction Using an Algorithm-Based Approach: Case Study in the Darjeeling Himalayas, India

Géosciences, 2019
Landslides are one of the most devastating and commonly recurring natural hazards in the Indian Himalayas. They contribute to infrastructure damage, land loss and human casualties.
T. Teja, Abhirup Dikshit, Neelima Satyam
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Maps and Diaspora: Affect, Agency and Epistolary Praxis

Area, EarlyView.
Short Abstract Following discussions, interactions and reflections during the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) conference ‘Map Room Conversations’ sessions, this paper examines maps and diaspora through an affective lens. By utilising an auto‐ethnographic epistolary praxis of letter writing and employing the therapeutic prompt, ‘What came up for ...
Rohini Rai, Iqbal Singh
wiley   +1 more source

Does Awareness of Climate Change Lead to Worry? Exploring Community Perceptions Through Parallel Analysis in Rural Himalaya

Mountain Research and Development, 2019
Human dimensions of climate change (HDCC) research overwhelmingly presents community perspectives on climate change and its impacts through single epistemic frameworks. This limits the possible platforms that community voices can access within scientific
Ritodhi Chakraborty, Anne Sophie Daloz, Manish Kumar, A. P. Dimri   +3 more
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