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Himalayan glaciers could lose 80% of their volume if global warming isn't controlled, study finds
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 11 months agoGlaciers are melting at unprecedented rates across the Hindu Kush Himalayan mountain ranges and...
Himalayan glaciers are melting faster than ever before, scientists warn
The Independent via Yahoo News· 11 months agoHimalayan glaciers are melting at unprecedented rates and could lose up to 80 per cent of their...
Deadly Afghanistan earthquakes over the years
Reuters via Yahoo News· 8 months agoBy Mayank Bhardwaj NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Powerful earthquakes in Afghanistan have killed more than 2,000 people and injured more than 9,000, the Taliban...
Himalayan glaciers could lose up to 80% of their ice by 2100 as temperatures rise, report warns
CNN via Yahoo News· 11 months agoThe world’s highest peaks are at risk of losing up to 80% of their volume by the end of the century...
Indomitable spirit: Battle of Kamdesh, remembered
WE ARE THE MIGHTY via Yahoo News· 9 months agoA Chinook helicopter lands at Combat Outpost Keating, Afghanistan, in March 2007. The Battle of Kamdesh stands as a harrowing testament to the valor and...
As Himalayan Glaciers Melt, a Water Crisis Looms in South Asia
Yale Environment 360 via Yahoo News· 2 years agoWarmer air is thinning most of the vast mountain range’s glaciers, known as the Third Pole because they contain so much ice. The melting could have far-reaching consequences for flood risk and ...
Major 6.4 magnitude earthquake shook up parts of Pakistan, Afghanistan, no reported damage
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 4 months agoA 6.4 magnitude earthquake shook parts of Afghanistan and Pakistan on Thursday, Pakistani officials...
Second 6.3-magntude earthquake hits Afghanistan
United Press International via Yahoo News· 7 months agoA new 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck western Afghanistan on Tuesday just days after a deadly tremor shook nearly the same location north of Herat over...
Earthquake death toll reaches more than 2,000 in Afghanistan
United Press International via Yahoo News· 8 months agoThe World Health Organization is among those to dispatch emergency response teams to the Herat...
Russian private jet crashes in mountains of Afghanistan
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 4 months agoPrivate Dassault Falcon - Alamy A Russian private jet believed to be carrying six people has crashed...
