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Himalayas
Plant life ‘expanding over the Himalayas’
Image copyright Karen Anderson Image caption Shrubs and grasses in the Khumbu valley Vegetation is expanding at high altitudes in the Himalayas, including in the Everest region, new research has shown. The researchers found plant life in areas where vegetation was not previously known to grow. A team used satellite data from 1993 to 2018 …
Himalayas climbers’ final moments shown in recovered GoPro video
The video was found on a “memory video device” near the Nanda Devi East, the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) said Monday, which showed the group of climbers moving slowly near the summit on the unnamed peak. The group of eight climbers — four Britons, two Americans, an Australian and their Indian liaison officer — went …
