{"id":406635,"date":"2025-04-24T15:53:16","date_gmt":"2025-04-24T10:08:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/?p=406635"},"modified":"2025-04-24T15:53:16","modified_gmt":"2025-04-24T10:08:16","slug":"qatari-princess-warns-of-himalayan-snow-loss-at-everest-summit-audio-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/2025\/04\/24\/406635.html","title":{"rendered":"Qatari princess warns of Himalayan snow loss at Everest summit (audio news)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-406636 size-full aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/th.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"474\" height=\"266\" srcset=\"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/th.jpg 474w, https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/th-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/th-340x191.jpg 340w, https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/th-390x220.jpg 390w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>April 24, Kathmandu:<\/strong> Qatari Princess Asma Al Thani, speaking at the Summiters\u2019 Summit in Thame of Solukhumbu, has expressed alarm over the rapid snow loss in the Himalayas due to climate change.<\/p>\n<p>Addressing the event organised by Sathsathai for International Earth Day, the princess, who climbed Mt Everest in 2019, described the mountains as \u201clifeless,\u201d with bare rocks replacing once-abundant snow. \u00a0She warned that the melting of snow on Everest threatened not just Nepal but the global community<\/p>\n<p>Highlighting the 2023 glacial lake outburst flood that devastated Thame, she called for global action and early warning systems to prevent disasters.<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-406635-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/solu.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/solu.mp3\">https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/solu.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>April 24, Kathmandu: Qatari Princess Asma Al Thani, speaking at the Summiters\u2019 Summit in Thame of Solukhumbu, has expressed alarm over the rapid snow loss in the Himalayas due to climate change. Addressing the event organised by Sathsathai for International Earth Day, the princess, who climbed Mt Everest in 2019, described the mountains as \u201clifeless,\u201d &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":406636,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[75,3,6,16,15,5,2],"tags":[],"reporter":[],"class_list":["post-406635","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-administration","category-english","category-en-featured","category-koshi","category-province","category-top-stories","category-top-stories-main"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/406635","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=406635"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/406635\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":406638,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/406635\/revisions\/406638"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/406636"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=406635"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=406635"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=406635"},{"taxonomy":"reporter","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/reporter?post=406635"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}