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Nepal disaster highlights need for multi-hazard assessment of Himalayas: Senior Geologist
Himalayan hazards cannot be assessed in isolation, he pointed out and stressed the need for combining satellite-based observations with field investigations and ground instrumentation.
Nobody talks about why the Himalayas are still getting taller, and it isn’t erosion slowing down or new rock forming, it’s that India is still ramming into Asia at roughly the speed your fingernails grow
The Himalayas grow about as fast as your fingernails because a continent is still driving into another one, and the math behind that slow ramming is stranger than the mountains themselves. The post Nobody talks about why the Himalayas are still getting taller…
The Australian Outback
Podcast Transcript From the oldest rocks on Earth to underground towns, vanished rivers, red deserts, cattle stations, opal fields, and skies filled with stars, the Australian Outback is one of the most iconic and misunderstood places on the planet. It is no…
Khetolai: The desert village whose lack of water helped India become a nuclear power
Khetolai village in Rajasthan's Jaisalmer district became historically significant due to its unique geological structure, which lacked groundwater. This made the region ideal for India's Pokhran-II nuclear tests in 1998, preventing radioactive contamination.…