Rock glaciers can store water for a longer duration compared to surface glaciers. Studying rock glaciers can contribute to the…
At a little over 5,000 metres above sea level, Buddhist monks, members of Nepal’s Langtang Valley community, and scientists gathered…
A research team is drilling boreholes in Mount Everest’s Western Cwm to measure glacier temperatures and understand why Himalayan glaciers…
Over the past few weeks, a wave of publications from UN Water, the World Meteorological Organization and the Clean Air…
Glaciers in Arunachal Pradesh retreated at a rate of 16.94 square kilometres per year between 1988 and 2020. Making an…
Source: PTI Majority of Himalayan glaciers analysed are melting or retreating at varying rates in different regions, the government has…
As the world’s glaciers melt rapidly, almost without exception, the global response to this existential threat is worryingly lethargic. This…
Glaciers in the Himalayas are melting at an "exceptional" rate because of global warming, threatening the water supply of millions…
In late winter 2020, glaciologist Sudip Thakuri visited Kalinchowk, a peak in the Himalayas around 144 km west of Kathmandu.…
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