Posts Tagged ‘himalayas’

Quakes ‘could rupture glacial lakes’

Monday, May 16th, 2011

Glacial lakes in the Himalayas could pose a major hazard if they are ruptured by earthquakes, scientists say.

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Quakes ‘could rupture glacial lakes’

India, Through a Birder’s Eyes

Friday, January 14th, 2011

From the cold lakes of the Himalayas to the sand dunes of western Rajasthan to the tropical rain forests in the south, India hosts a dizzying variety of birds.

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New Language Found in Himalayas

Tuesday, October 5th, 2010

A pair of linguists traveled into the Himalayas and managed to discover a new language. They unearthed the hidden tongue among a tiny set of villages composed of bamboo huts along the western ridges of Arunachal Pradesh, India’s most northeastern…

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