Topic: Karakoram

From wooden skis to Olympic hopefuls: Why Pakistan's Air Force is training skiiers

In Pakistan's isolated Naltar Valley the Pakistani Air Force is training children who learned to ski on wooden planks tied to boots with wire for the 2014 Winter Olympics.

Antarctica started warming 600 years ago, study finds

Centuries before fossil fuel emissions began warming the globe, Antarctica was heating up, indicates a new research published in Nature.

Troublesome Karakoram glaciers getting bigger, new study suggests

Despite the global temperature increase and the overall shrinking of the world's glaciers, some glaciers in the Karakoram mountains have actually grown over the past decade, according to a new study.

Global warming mystery: Some Himalayan glaciers getting bigger

The Himalayan glaciers are the planet's largest bodies of ice outside the polar caps. New research shows some Himalayan glaciers got bigger between 1999-2008.

Study: Himalayan glaciers melting more slowly than thought, but seas are still rising

A study of satellite data has found that thermal expansion and ice loss from Greenland and Antarctica account for most of the planet's rising sea levels, with melting glaciers from the Himalayas contributing less than previously thought. 

Osama bin Laden killing may shape future of US cooperation with Pakistan

President Obama's strategy of ordering independent action within Pakistan, despite severe Pakistani objections, may well be bolstered after US forces acted to kill Osama bin Laden on Sunday.

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