To honor Langtang, the village that was tragically destroyed by an avalanche triggered by the Nepal earthquake of April 2015, we proposed to name a Martian crater after Langtang. The idea was initiated by colleague Tjalling de Haas, who investigates debris flows and land-forms on Mars. The request was officially […]
Monthly archives: June 2016
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[Joe is a Senior Glacier Hydrologist at the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development in Kathmandu, Nepal] True fact: there have been not one but two workshops dedicated specifically to the installation of automatic weather stations (AWS) on glaciers. One of the biggest unknowns in how glaciers will respond to […]