The Mountains of Tibet in Powell & Pressburger’s Film Black Narcissus (1947) by Raphaëlle Costa de Beauregard

“…D’une manière générale la montagne bleue est présentée comme un lieu céleste, inaccessible et envoûtant tout à la fois : il s’agit aussi d’un rêve éveillé pour le metteur en scène puisque le film a été entièrement réalisé en studio, du moins en ce qui concerne les séquences à Mopu, c’est-à-dire au cœur de l’Himalaya…”
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Retour au terrain ! by Bernard Davasse, Dominique Henry, Jean-François Rodriguez

“…This article focuses on the renewed interest in landscape observation and on the practices associated with it through experiments conducted by the authors in different cultural, social and territorial contexts (the Garonne Valley and mountainous regions of Southern Europe, the Himalayas, and Reunion Island) and with different objectives in mind (research, teaching, action research). …”
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Erratic Male Meiosis Resulting in 2n Pollen Grain Formation in a 4x Cytotype (2n=28) of Ranunculus laetus Wall. ex Royle by Puneet Kumar, Vijay Kumar Singhal

“…Two accessions were studied for male meiosis in Ranunculus laetus from the cold regions of Northwest Himalayas. One accession showed the presence of 14 bivalents at diakinesis and regular segregation of bivalents at anaphase I which lead to normal tetrad formation with four n microspores and consequently n pollen grains and 100% pollen fertility. …”
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Invasive Alien Species of Terrestrial Vegetation of North-Eastern Uttar Pradesh by Sumit Srivastava, Ashish Dvivedi, Ravindra Prasad Shukla

“…The vegetational landscape of north-eastern Terai region at the foot hills of Central Himalayas is a mosaic of grassland, old-field, wasteland, and forest ecosystems. …”
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Future Extreme Climate Events Threaten Alpine and Subalpine Woody Plants in China by Yongru Wu, Jian Shen, David C. Deane, Haibin Yu, Fangyuan Yu, Xuerong Wang, Zheng Cao, Rong Yu, Fuan Xiao, Tiejun Wang, Zhifeng Wu

“…Rhododendron, a diverse genus of alpine and subalpine woody plant, plays a crucial role in ecosystem stability and biodiversity in the biodiversity hotspots of the Himalayas and Hengduan Mountains. Here, we compared the predicted impacts of average climate with those including ECEs on 189 Rhododendron species in China for the historical period (1981–2010) and the future period (2071–2100) under two emissions scenarios (SSP2‐4.5 and SSP5‐8.5). …”
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Control y Biología del Helecho Trepador Japonés (Lygodium japonicum) by Elsa D. Chevasco, Patrick J. Minogue, Kimberly K. Bohn, Francisco Escobedo

“…El helecho trepador japonés es nativo de Asia, en particular Japón así como al oeste de la cordillera de los Himalayas. El área de establecimiento se ha expandido desde la región de la costa del Golfo de México incluyendo TX, AR, LA, MS, AL, FL, GA, SC, NC, y PA. …”
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Biodiversity of East Asian apple-tree species and their use in breeding by O. N. Barsukova

“…Koehne, inhabiting the Eastern Himalayas. Accession k-2412 is characterized by high yield, disease resistance, and late flowering. …”
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Floristic status of the Himalayan foothills in Haryana – vegetation composition, diversity and population structure by Dhiman Himanshi, Saharan Harikesh, Punia Harish, Jakhar Somveer

“…The current research was performed in the Morni Hills, a part of the outer Himalayas. Floristic assessment is critical for a plant community, reflecting both the gene pool and adaptability of the community. …”
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Control y Biología del Helecho Trepador Japonés (Lygodium japonicum) by Elsa D. Chevasco, Patrick J. Minogue, Kimberly K. Bohn, Francisco Escobedo

“…El helecho trepador japonés es nativo de Asia, en particular Japón así como al oeste de la cordillera de los Himalayas. El área de establecimiento se ha expandido desde la región de la costa del Golfo de México incluyendo TX, AR, LA, MS, AL, FL, GA, SC, NC, y PA. …”
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Dietary Iodine Intake and Pattern of Thyroid Disorders among the Ethnic Population of Eastern Himalayan Ranges of India by Trisha Sonowal, Jatin Sarmah, Paresh Kumar Sarma

“…Conclusion: The work was an attempt to demonstrate how the dietary iodine intake influences thyroid functioning among the adolescent ethnic population of Eastern Himalayas which is manifested as high prevalence of subclinical hypothyroidism with iodine deficiency. …”
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Landslide susceptibility assessment for Uttarakhand, a Himalayan state of India, using multi-criteria decision making, bivariate, and machine learning models by Vipin Chauhan, Laxmi Gupta, Jagabandhu Dixit

“…High to very high susceptibility zones were concentrated in the Uttarkashi, Chamoli, and Pithoragarh districts of the Lesser and Higher Himalayas, areas characterized by rangelands and high annual rainfall. …”
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Assessing climate sensitivity of the Upper Indus Basin using fully distributed, physically-based hydrologic modeling and multi-model climate ensemble approach by Hamna Hasan, Muhammad Zia ur Rahman Hashmi, Syed Imran Ahmed, Muneer Anees

“…Abstract The Upper Indus Basin (UIB) of Pakistan is home to three largest mountain ranges: Karakoram, Hindukush, and the Himalayas. There’s a hovering danger of reduced water resources due to climate-induced warming, since the Indus Basin relies mostly on snow and glacier melt runoff from these mountains. …”
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“…Lanslidesusceptibility assessment using logistic regression and its comparison with a rock mass classification system, along road section in the northern Himalayas (India). Geomorphology, Vol.1147. 25 - Gregory C.Ohlmacher, John C. …”
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Evaluation and distribution of essential minerals in different soil habitats of cold arid high-altitude environments by Guru Charan, Vijay K. Bharti, Jatinder Kumar, Rajendra kumar, Preeti Mahawar, Bijendra Kumar

“…Hence, this study aimed to investigate essential mineral nutrients in various soil ecosystems in the cold arid region of of Leh-Ladakh, India, situated under the Tibetan plateau and part of the Trans-Himalayas. For the study, soil samples were collected from different areas including agricultural soil, pasture land, and Indus River sediment, and analyzed for iron (Fe), Magnesium (Mg), Manganese (Mn), Zinc (Zn), Copper (Cu), Cobalt (Co) and Boron (B). …”
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Compound weather and climate extremes in the Asian region: science-informed recommendations for policy by R. Krishnan, Chirag Dhara, Takeshi Horinouchi, C. Kendra Gotangco Gonzales, C. Kendra Gotangco Gonzales, A. P. Dimri, A. P. Dimri, M. Singh Shrestha, P. Swapna, M. K. Roxy, Seok-Woo Son, Seok-Woo Son, D. C. Ayantika, Faye Abigail T. Cruz, Fangli Qiao

“…The first typology pertains to compound floods, for example, the devastating floods in the Indus River Basin and adjoining Western Himalayas during 2022 caused by the combined effects of heavy monsoon rainfall, intense pre-monsoon heatwaves, glacier melt, and modes of climate variability. …”
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Narrow Dietary Niche With High Overlap Between Snow Leopards and Himalayan Wolves Indicates Potential for Resource Competition in Shey Phoksundo National Park, Nepal by Sandesh Lamichhane, Bikram Shrestha, Bhumi Prakash Chaudhary Tharu, Raj Kumar Koirala, Bishnu Prasad Bhattarai, Pratigyan Poudel, Binaya Adhikari, Gopal Khanal

“…In Central Asia and the Himalayas, wolves have recolonized snow leopard habitats, raising considerable concern about resource competition between these apex predators. …”
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