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Mosquitoes and moths appear in heights of Nepal - 0 views

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shared by Hunter Cutting on 27 Jun 10 - Cached
  • Mosquitoes have traditionally been the scourge of the Tarai but have now gone cosmopolitan and even made it to the freezing cold altitude of the famous Pathibhara temple in Taplejung district.
  • "I had never seen mosquitoes during my 15-year stint at this temple. It has been a novel experience for me," the priest at the temple, Dilli Ram Acharya, said. google_protectAndRun("ads_core.google_render_ad", google_handleError, google_render_ad);
  • Acharya said white and grey moths have also appeared in the hilltop
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  • The mosquitoes and moths have made life miserable for people living in the Upper Phedi just 430 meters downhill from the temple.
  • Locals claimed that mosquitoes and moths were not seen even in Bhalugaude area, a couple of hundred meters further downhill, previously. "We didn´t realize they were mosquitoes at first. We had to start using nets after mosquito bites started becoming unbearable," Prem Kumar Rai of Bhalugaude revealed.
  • Local researchers attributed the prevalence of moths and mosquitoes to climate change just like the change in time of flowering of rhododendron was linked to the global phenomenon. "It may also be due to the waste materials but the main reason is climate change," concurred chief of the District Public Health Office Bishnu Rath Giri.
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Global warming makes climbing Everest harder: eyewitness account - 0 views

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shared by Hunter Cutting on 25 May 10 - Cached
  • A Nepalese Sherpa who climbed Mount Everest for a record 20th time said Tuesday that the melting of glacier ice along its slopes due to global warming is making it increasingly difficult to climb the peak."The rising temperature on the mountains has melted much ice and snow on the trail to the summit. It is difficult for climbers to use their crampons on the rocky surfaces," Apa told reporters after flying to Katmandu on Tuesday.
  • Apa said when he first began climbing Everest, there was hardly any rocky surface on the trail to the summit. Now, he says, the trail is dotted with bare rocks.
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