himalaia

Interesting facts

While the world is living in 2026, Nepal has already entered 2083 and uses a calendar that intrigues visitors, appears in official documents, and makes astronomers decide when each new year really begins, far from the standard adopted in much of the planet.

Carla Teles 30/05/2026 at 16:53

Interesting facts

The highest “gym” on the planet was improvised in the Himalayas: fitness class at 6,476 meters sets world record on Mera Peak.

Romário Pereira de Carvalho 20/05/2026 at 08:05

Science and Technology

The Himalayas continue to grow to this day, with tectonic plates advancing 5 cm per year, mountains rising up to 10 mm annually, and the 2015 earthquake that killed 9,000 people may have increased the risk of an even larger seismic mega-event.

Valdemar Medeiros 02/04/2026 at 17:47

Interesting facts

With a wingspan of over 2.5 meters, the Himalayan vulture (Gyps himalayensis) inhabits the high regions of Nepal, India, and China, where the cold and thin air challenge life.

Andriely Medeiros de Araújo 24/03/2026 at 10:01

homens criando geleira artificial em Ladakh no inverno

Sustainability

Himalayan Residents Create Artificial Glaciers In Winter To Combat Historic Drought And Ensure Millions Of Liters Of Water In Spring

Jefferson Augusto 25/02/2026 at 15:52

Barragem de Tehri, na Índia, atinge 260,5 metros, gera 1.000 MW e controla rio formador do Ganges em área sísmica estratégica.

Interesting facts

India Built A Colossal Dam Over 260 Meters High That Became The Country’s Water And Energy “Vault” By Harnessing A Ganges-Forming River In The Himalayas

Alisson Ficher 19/02/2026 at 13:47

Interesting facts

No Power Lines, No Giant Plant: Community Micro-Hydroelectric Plant Lights Up for the First Time in Isolated Villages

Alisson Ficher 18/02/2026 at 13:37

Conheça o iaque, o boi selvagem da Ásia adaptado às grandes altitudes e essencial para a vida no Himalaia e no Planalto Tibetano.

Interesting facts

Measuring Almost 2 Meters and With a Robust Body Capable of Living Where Oxygen Is Scarce and Cold Is Extreme, the Yak Is a Wild Bull With Fur That Can Withstand −40 °C, Being Essential for Mountain Peoples Such as Those in the Himalayas and the Tibetan Plateau

Ruth Rodrigues 08/01/2026 at 17:22

No império do Brahmaputra estradas que desabam, balsas que colidem, trabalhadores à beira do abismo e a batalha pela água entre Índia, China e Bangladesh (1)

Interesting facts

In The Empire Of The Brahmaputra: Collapsing Roads, Colliding Ferries, Workers On The Brink, And The Battle For Water Among India, China, And Bangladesh

Carla Teles 25/11/2025 at 18:52

Estrada de Khardung La, em Ladakh, une função militar, acesso vital e turismo extremo a mais de 5.300 m em um dos trechos mais altos do Himalaia.

Interesting facts

At 5,359 Meters High, 42 KM of Ice and Loose Stones, and Decades of Maintenance Costs, Ladakh’s Khardung La Road Amazes Drivers, Connects Remote Villages, and Attracts Adventurous Explorers in India’s Mountains

Alisson Ficher 24/11/2025 at 13:37

Interesting facts

Between 5,500-Meter Mountains and No Radars, This Airport Is So Challenging That Only 50 Pilots in the World Are Licensed to Land There

Romário Pereira de Carvalho 18/10/2025 at 19:58

Interesting facts

Flying Over Tibet Is Prohibited! Commercial Planes Avoid Tibet for a Simple Reason: There Is Nowhere to Land in an Emergency

Ruth Rodrigues 01/08/2025 at 10:26

While the world is living in 2026, Nepal has already entered 2083 and uses a calendar that intrigues visitors, appears in official documents, and makes astronomers decide when each new year really begins, far from the standard adopted in much of the planet.

The highest “gym” on the planet was improvised in the Himalayas: fitness class at 6,476 meters sets world record on Mera Peak.

The Himalayas continue to grow to this day, with tectonic plates advancing 5 cm per year, mountains rising up to 10 mm annually, and the 2015 earthquake that killed 9,000 people may have increased the risk of an even larger seismic mega-event.

With a wingspan of over 2.5 meters, the Himalayan vulture (Gyps himalayensis) inhabits the high regions of Nepal, India, and China, where the cold and thin air challenge life.

Himalayan Residents Create Artificial Glaciers In Winter To Combat Historic Drought And Ensure Millions Of Liters Of Water In Spring

India Built A Colossal Dam Over 260 Meters High That Became The Country’s Water And Energy “Vault” By Harnessing A Ganges-Forming River In The Himalayas

No Power Lines, No Giant Plant: Community Micro-Hydroelectric Plant Lights Up for the First Time in Isolated Villages

Measuring Almost 2 Meters and With a Robust Body Capable of Living Where Oxygen Is Scarce and Cold Is Extreme, the Yak Is a Wild Bull With Fur That Can Withstand −40 °C, Being Essential for Mountain Peoples Such as Those in the Himalayas and the Tibetan Plateau

In The Empire Of The Brahmaputra: Collapsing Roads, Colliding Ferries, Workers On The Brink, And The Battle For Water Among India, China, And Bangladesh

At 5,359 Meters High, 42 KM of Ice and Loose Stones, and Decades of Maintenance Costs, Ladakh’s Khardung La Road Amazes Drivers, Connects Remote Villages, and Attracts Adventurous Explorers in India’s Mountains

Between 5,500-Meter Mountains and No Radars, This Airport Is So Challenging That Only 50 Pilots in the World Are Licensed to Land There

Flying Over Tibet Is Prohibited! Commercial Planes Avoid Tibet for a Simple Reason: There Is Nowhere to Land in an Emergency

Libya built over 4,000 kilometers of underground pipelines to bring water from the Sahara to coastal cities in a project that the government itself called the Eighth Wonder of the World.

Desert sand, previously discarded for being too smooth for concrete, becomes an ecological brick in the United Arab Emirates, dispensing with Portland cement, curing at room temperature, and attempting to transform dunes useless for construction into raw material for a new arid engineering.

He transformed an abandoned plastic water tank into an underground house in the “hobbit hole” style, using only repurposed pallet wood, without heavy machinery or expensive labor.

China transforms desert-devastated area into the world’s largest artificial forest, planting trees for 60 years, blocking sand that reached Beijing, and creating a “green lung” of 92,000 hectares in a region once considered lost.

Toyota launches “family hybrid van” with 7 or 8 seats, 1.8 hybrid engine, fuel consumption of up to 23.8 km/l, and a price equivalent to about R$ 104,000 without taxes, below the Tiggo 8 Pro Plug-in Hybrid sold in Brazil: meet the Noah Hybrid 2026 in Japan.

Described by astronauts as one of the most unlikely natural phenomena on Earth, the Okavango Delta spreads over up to 15,000 square kilometers in the middle of the desert and transforms Botswana into a living labyrinth of channels, islands, and flooded areas.

Chinese woman planted trees for decades while sand buried part of her house, received $5,000 from an American in 1999, and helped transform the desert into a forest of 8 million trees in China.