How satellites are helping us to understand deadly avalanches
Remote sensing satellites provide the crucial data that helps scientists model disasters so that they can work on predicting avalanche patterns in future.
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Nepal floods: China’s strict control of Tibet makes it harder to prepare for Himalayan disasters
Early warnings and shared data will move only as fast as Beijing’s security concerns allow.
Climate disasters are getting worse – risks escalate when authoritarian regimes keep neighbours in the dark
With extreme weather and glacier melt predicted to increase, neighbouring nations will need to act together to prevent deaths.
The climate crisis has arrived – so stop feeling guilty and start imagining your future
Melting ice caps, burning forests – the climate disaster future is increasingly the present.
Everest: I interviewed people risking their lives in the ‘death zone’ during one of the deadliest seasons yet
The 2019 season has been one of Mount Everest’s deadliest for climbers.
Everest: I journeyed into the ‘death zone’ to install the world’s highest weather station
A climate scientist goes to work – at 8,500 metres.
Delhi: how weather patterns and faraway mountains made this the world’s most polluted megacity
Don’t just blame the city’s cars, factories and building sites. Mountains and weather patterns make it particularly hard for pollution to escape.
Nepal floods: Khalte residents knew the river could take their camp – and then it did
Khalte’s residents survived one disaster – but were left vulnerable to the next.
Meet Griffith Pugh: the Everest pioneer you’ve never heard of
Scientists almost never get to be household names just for doing science. Most who impact the public consciousness, like Brian Cox, Richard Dawkins and Stephen Hawking, tend to at least combine the science…
Top climate books to look out for in 2026 – recommended by experts
From dinosaur extinctions to a Himalyan memoir, climate science and creative writing experts review some of the best new and upcoming titles to look out for in 2026.
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