Himalayas

Glaciers are rapidly shrinking around the world, from the Himalayas to the Andes, as temperatures are pushed higher by the use of fossil fuels and rising greenhouse gas levels.

Several parts of northern India and Pakistan, which are downstream from the rivers originating in the Himalayas, have seen devastating floods even when there were no cloudbursts or significant rainfall.

As recounted by Hey and the Santa Barbara Independent, Montgomery had backpacked or cycled across South America, including Argentina and Chile, and across Asia, including India and the Himalayas.

Shallow earthquakes are common in Afghanistan, particularly in the foothills of the Himalayas where tectonic plates are sliding past each other.

In July, as the Dalai Lama turned 90, thousands of Tibetan Buddhists gathered in Dharamshala - a quiet town nestled in the foothills of the Himalayas in the north Indian state of Himachal Pradesh.