The Himalayan mountains are one of the harshest environments in the world. Strong winds and cold air make it hard for any ...

Miscommunication and misunderstood geography are confounding discussions about China’s planned dams on the Yarlung Tsangpo ...

People along the densely populated Pacific coasts are exposed to strongly fluctuating rainfall patterns: In East Asia, heavy ...

Two astrophotographers captured breathtaking video of over 105 red sprites over Tibet during a massive thunderstorm.

An 8.6 quake off the coast of Sumatra on April 11, 2012, was one of two quakes in the Indian Ocean that struck near Indonesia ...

U.S. funding has helped Tibetan refugees from China establish a thriving community in India. The future of that support is ...

As an accomplished Colorado mountaineer with a resumé that included scaling rugged peaks in Tibet, Nepal, India, South America and Europe, Jordan Campbell was well acquainted with the ...

China's glacier area has shrunk by 26% since 1960 due to rapid global warming, with 7,000 small glaciers disappearing ...

China approved the world's largest hydropower project to begin construction, citing the economic benefits and need to shift ...

Phuntsok Tobgyal, the UN Advocacy Officer at the Office of Tibet in Geneva, raised serious concerns about the environmental ...

The victim, an NRI, is currently undergoing medical tests and will provide a judicial statement. An FIR has been filed by an NRI against a Tibetan national at the Women Police Station in ...

Strikingly visible on the mountain’s sheer southwest face, the South Tibetan Detachment System (STDS) separates the GHS from the Tethyan sediments that cap the mountain. Elsewhere in the ...