Science Magazine online article describes survey and assessment of Gorkha earthquake geohazards
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A research article published in Science Magazine's online edition describes survey, mapping and analysis of Nepal's Gorkha earthquake.
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A research article published in Science Magazine's online edition describes survey, mapping and analysis of Nepal's Gorkha earthquake.
Remote districts of Western Nepal are experiencing what some claim is their worst drought in 40 years. Analyses prepared by the International Center for Integrated Mountain Development are helping the Government of Nepal evaluate the situation and make critical decisions about how to respond.
Research from a SERVIR Applied Sciences Team and from scientists at the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) guided a UNDP-funded project that informed Nepali officials' decision to lower the water level in potentially dangerous Imja Lake.
The International Space Apps Challenge hackathon was held in Kathmandu, Nepal, 23 to 24 April 2016. The event was hosted and co-organized by the SERVIR-Hindu Kush Himalaya program.
The International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), hosting the Kathmandu-based SERVIR Hub for the Hindu Kush Himalaya region, has released a new publication summarizing key findings about induced geohazards due to the 2015 Gorkha earthquake in Nepal.
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SERVIR hubs joined over 185 other locations in 69 countries across the globe in hosting the 2017 NASA International Space Apps Challenge.
Thirty-eight participants—13 of them women—from Nepal and Kenya, convened for a four-day training workshop in Kathmandu, Nepal, on the Google Earth Engine (GEE) platform.
Begum Rushi from the SERVIR Science Coordination Office and Pradeep Dangal from the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD)/SERVIR-Hindu Kush Himalaya led a training on the Variable Infiltration Capacity (VIC) hydrological model at ICIMOD in Kathmandu, Nepal, 21 - 23 May 2017.
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