![]() | Life in the Himalaya: An Ecosystem at Risk Subjects: Nature -- Effect of human beings on -- Himalaya Mountains Region; Sustainability -- Himalaya Mountains Region; Ecosystem Management -- Himalaya Mountains Region; Himalaya Mountains Region -- Environmental conditions; The collision of the Indian and Eurasian plates around fifty million years ago profoundly altered earth's geography and regional climates. The rise of the Himalaya led to intensification of the monsoon, the birth of massive glaciers and turbulent rivers, and an efflorescence of ecosystems along the most extreme elevational gradient on Earth. When the Ice Age ended, humans became part of this mix, and today nearly one quarter of the world's population inhabits its river basins, from Afghanistan to Myanmar. Life in the Himalaya examines the region's geophysical and biological systems and explores the past and future of human sustainability in the mountain's shadow. |
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