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‘Dam for a dam’: India, China edge towards a Himalayan water war
The $13.2bn Siang Upper Multipurpose Project will have a reservoir that can hold nine billion cubic metres of water and ...
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Helicopters slash the trek to Earth’s highest peak, but leave Sherpas grounded
When Pasang Nuru Sherpa recalls his childhood in the quiet village of Pangboche, in the foothills of Sagarmatha, the Nepali ...
Scientists know where the big earthquakes will hit. They just don’t know when
A lurch in the Earth’s tectonic plates can wreak havoc at any time – as we’ve just seen in Vanuatu. How do scientists measure ...
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Strong earthquake in Taiwan injures 27 and causes scattered damage
Last April, a magnitude 7.4 quake hit the island’s mountainous eastern coast of Hualien, killing at least 13 people and ...