Varanasi: A recent DNA study on Himalayan populations reveals the strongest genetic ties with Tibet and Siberia, while links ...

As the Indian and Eurasian tectonic plates slowly collide, the Himalayan mountains continue to rise. However a new study suggests the Indian plate may be peeling apart, causing a slab tear. Scientists ...

Research from Monash University reveals the climate history behind Asia's summer monsoon—Earth's most influential climate system. In a new study published in npj Climate and Atmospheric Science, an ...

Tibet may be tearing in two beneath the rising Himalayas, with pieces of the continental plate peeling off like the lid off a tin of fish, researchers have discovered. According to new research ...

Concern is increasing over the role of the Tibetan market in the trade of tiger and Asian leopard skins, with many animals hunted every year in the Himalayas to meet the market demand in Tibet. Lhasa ...

Please join us for the opening reception of Daniel Miller’s exhibition and talk on 'Searching for Grass and Water: Nomads of the Tibetan Plateau and Himalaya' in Norlin Library’s Underground West ...

Home to some of the highest mountains in the world–including the legendary Mount Everest–the vast Himalayan-Tibetan plateau is often referred to as the “Roof of the World”. With an average elevation ...

The undergraduate certificate in Tibetan and Himalayan studies is designed to allow students to better understand the history, culture and current dynamics of a geopolitically crucial region. This ...

New disclosures reveal that China’s planned super-dam on the Yarlung Tsangpo — the world’s highest-altitude major river, better known as the Brahmaputra — is not a single structure. Rather, it is a a ...

May 6 (UPI) --As the global temperature continue to climb and glaciers melt more rapidly, new research suggests the risk of flooding across the Himalayas and Tibetan Plateau could triple. In addition ...