GeoAI model maps landslide risk across central Nepal with 88.3% accuracy
A new GeoAI framework combining Google Earth Engine, ensemble machine learning, and SHAP explainability mapped landslide susceptibility across central Nepal ...
Tag: Himalaya
Himalayan Forests Split Carbon Duties by Altitude, Study Finds
A field survey of nine forest sites in India's Garhwal Himalaya shows Deodar conifer stands hold the most biomass carbon ...
New daisy relative discovered on Mount Everest’s slopes named after Zhufeng
A new plant species, Melanoseris zhufengensis, has been described from alpine slopes near Mount Qomolangma in Xizang, China, using morphology, ...
Temperate Fruit Orchards in the Himalayas Show Strong Carbon Sequestration Potential
A study of seven Himalayan fruit orchards over 22 years old found apricot and walnut plantations sequestered the most soil ...
New GIS index maps wedge-failure landslide risk along Himalayan highway
Researchers modified the TOBIA index to include wedge-failure geometry and mapped kinematic landslide susceptibility along an 80-kilometre stretch of NH-7 ...
Sentinel-2 and Google Earth Engine track flood damage in Himalayan river
A Sentinel-2 and Google Earth Engine study of Nepal's 2021 Melamchi debris flood found NDVI outperformed water indices for mapping ...
Research report: Projecting water demands under various socioeconomic scenarios in the upper Jhelum basin, Indus using WEAP model
A WEAP modelling study of the glacier-fed Upper Jhelum Basin in Kashmir projects that cumulative unmet domestic water demand by ...
AHP landslide susceptibility map flags 30% of NH 505 corridor as very high risk
An expert-based AHP model in a GIS environment classifies nearly 30 percent of the NH 505 corridor in Himachal Pradesh ...
Machine learning maps landslide danger along a Himalayan highway corridor
Machine learning models far outperformed expert-weighted AHP in mapping landslide susceptibility along a 123 km Himalayan highway corridor in Arunachal ...
Pine needles turned into bio-oil and biochar in bench-scale pyrolysis study
Researchers optimized bench-scale pyrolysis of Himalayan pine needles, producing bio-oil and carbon-rich biochar at a 500-gram loading far larger than ...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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