The rapid retreatment of glaciers is altering more than just the physical landscape according to a recent analysis. Species that are living in streams and rivers flowing from the melting glaciers could start disappearing to the point of being extinct if half of the glacial cover in a region is lost. A team of scientists […]
Mar 13 2012 | Posted in
Sci-Tech |
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Rampant deforestation threatening ecology near Nanga Parbat, Fairmeadows The region which extends from Karakorum Highway all the way to the scenic resort of Fiarymeadows near Nanga Parbat, is owned and controlled by the local inhabitants of the region and government has less control over the area and is seemingly nonexistent. The road which […]
Nov 30 2011 | Posted in
Pakistan |
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Two Slovenian female climbers reach 7590 meters on the deadly Nanga Parbat Attempting the “Killer Mountain” in the dangerous Alpine Style is a thought that can easily give goose bumps to many of the accomplished climbers around the world, but it was hardly a turn off for the ambitious Slovenians Irena Mrak and Mojca […]
Nov 15 2011 | Posted in
Pakistan |
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