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An overview of Old Tibetan synchronic phonology [PDF]
Despite the importance of Old Tibetan in the Tibeto-Burman language family, little research has treated Old Tibetan synchronic phonology. This article gives a complete overview of the Old Tibetan phonemic system by associating sound values with the ...
Beckwith +78 more
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From shadows to data: first robust population assessment of snow leopards in Pakistan
The snow leopard Panthera uncia is a flagship species of the greater Himalayan region and symbolizes the integrity of this ecological system. Within the greater Himalayas, Pakistan holds special significance as the north of the country represents a confluence of three major mountain ranges (Hindu Kush, Pamir–Karakoram, and Himalaya).
Muhammad Ali Nawaz +9 more
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Background: India is one of the top three tobacco burden countries in the world. Tobacco intake causes loss of health and environment and increases financial burden of an individual.
Malvika Singh, Manju Jamwal
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A review of Central Asian glaciochemical data [PDF]
The glaciers of central Asia provide suitable locations from which to recover continuous, high-resolution glaciochemical records on a continental scale.
Mayewski, Paul A +2 more
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Long‐Term Snow Avalanche Trends in High Mountain Asia: Climatic Drivers and Impacts
Abstract Devastating snow avalanches are frequent in High Mountain Asia (HMA) yet remain undocumented with climate change impact drivers poorly understood. Here we introduce the first record of 60 million avalanche deposits across 10,701 small catchments, compiled from 33 years of Landsat data from 1990 until 2022 using a snow index.
Arnaud Caiserman +3 more
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This paper is an attempt to understand and conceptualize tourism and changing monastic space in Ladakh with special reference to the Lamayuru monastery.
Tashi Lundup
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Mountain endemic plants are likely to be affected significantly by climate change. Using species distribution models, we predicted suitable habitat areas of medicinally important and allopatric Aconitum spicatum and A. naviculare encompassing their entire distribution in the Hindu‐Kush Himalaya and showed that the suitable area will decline without ...
Uttam Babu Shrestha +6 more
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Whirlwinds in Ladakh, India: An Initial Assessment of ARW‐WRF Performance
First‐ever visual evidence of whirlwinds in the Himalayan Ladakh region is presented. Whirlwinds were photographically captured in Stok, Choglamsar, and Nubra valleys in Ladakh, India, in June 2018. It is estimated that the spatial extent of these whirlwinds was ~50 m2, vertical extent ~0.5–1 km, and lasted for ~15 min. Local communities were concerned
A. P. Dimri, K. K. Osuri, Dev Niyogi
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In Response: Geoff Childs, Culture Change in the Name of Cultural Preservation Himalaya 24, (1-2) [PDF]
Response to Geoff Childs\u27 article in Himalaya vol.
Mills, Martin
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A Fluvio‐Lacustrine Environment Preserved in the Jezero Crater Inlet Channel, Neretva Vallis, Mars
Abstract Martian fluvial valleys provide evidence for the surface flow of liquid water, making them a key target for rover‐based investigations of ancient habitability. The Mars 2020 Perseverance rover spent ∼85 sols exploring the Bright Angel formation, exposed across the floor of Neretva Vallis: the western inlet channel of Jezero crater.
Alexander J. Jones +31 more
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