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Rusty-spotted Cat Facts: Size, Predators and Habitat in India Palm Oil Detectives

Discover Rusty-spotted Cat facts, from their tiny size and fierce natural predators to their shrinking scrub habitat across India.

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Why oil and gas corporations are making so much money – and we’re all paying the bill - Greenpeace International

The world’s biggest oil and gas corporations have just reported another quarter of staggering profits. Meanwhile, paying for the things you need every day has become alarmingly expensive.

bbc.co.uk

Floods: Building boom in Nepal and India's Uttarakhand puts 300,000 people in path of potential Himalayan disasters, study suggests

The construction of tourism facilities, housing, and infrastructure has surged in parts of Nepal and India's Uttarakhand.

independent.co.uk

Nepal to get $20m from UN climate fund after deadly flash floods

The fund’s board agreed on Thursday, at its first extraordinary meeting, to set the money aside, the first time the fund has responded to a disaster, after Nepal became the first country to invoke its emergency procedures

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New Study Reveals Clues About the Origins of Nepal’s Deadly Flood - Inside Climate News

Using seismic data from Nepal and China, researchers identified dozens of small seismic events in the weeks before the August rock-and-ice collapse and ensuing flood.

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Almost 300,000 people now live in flood‑prone areas in the Nepalese Himalayas—new research

On Aug. 26, a rock and ice avalanche triggered a huge flood that swept through a steep valley in Nepal, leaving thousands dead and missing. It was an extreme example of a growing problem across the Himalayas. As glaciers melt, glacial lakes expand and mountain permafrost thaws, the risks from floods, landslides and other high-mountain hazards are increasing. At the same time, more people and infrastructure are moving into the valleys where these hazards are most likely to strike.

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DECRYPTAGE. Népal : après 1 403 morts en août, un nouveau torrent de boue ravage une vallée... Pourquoi ces catastrophes se multiplient dans l'Himalaya

Six semaines après une catastrophe ayant fait 1 403 morts dans la vallée de la Trishuli, au Népal, un nouveau torrent de boue a frappé la vallée de la Budhi Gandaki, causant de nouveaux dégâts et cinq disparitions....

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Wild Water Buffalo Bubalus arnee Palm Oil Detectives

Massive, muscular, and critically under threat, the Wild Water Buffalo Bubalus arnee is the endangered ancestor of all domestic buffalo breeds. Once roaming vast swathes of South and Southeast Asia, fewer than 4,000 individual buffaloes remain today, scattered across shrinking habitats in India, Nepal, Cambodia, and a handful of neighbouring nations. Their decline is driven by interbreeding with domestic buffalo species, habitat destruction from farming and palm oil plantations, hunting, and dis

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Nuova frana in Nepal, la montagna cede e si sbriciola nel fiume

Una vasta porzione di un versante montuoso in Nepal è improvvisamente franata verso il fondovalle, trascinando con sé le linee elettriche

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Nepal's hydropower ambitions face climate reality check

KATHMANDU: Nepal's hydropower boom has long been touted as a cornerstone of economic growth and renewable energy, but the devastating flood in August exposed its vulnerability.The disaster triggered by a glacial moun