…….There Was Once A Vast Ocean Where The Himalayas Now Stand
A team of researchers from India and Japan have found water droplets trapped in mineral…
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‘Severe Consequences’ Of Further Warming In Himalayas: IPCC
As the world’s top climate scientists issued a “final warning” on the climate crisis with…
What Ails Himalayan Wetlands?
In 2018, the government of Jammu and Kashmir dredged the flood spill channel of the…
Climate Change Adding Layer Of Vulnerability To Fragile Himalayas: Experts
Climate change and ill-planned human interventions in the Himalayas have accentuated the vulnerability of the…
Govt Ignores Own Warnings In Frail Himalayas
A week after a flash flood swept away pilgrims and their tents near the Hindu…
Climate Change Hits Harvest Of Priciest Morels
Sunning herself on her porch in Koti – a village 28km from the Himachal Pradesh…
The Life Of A Researcher Studying Springs In The Himalayas
It is a rocky, uneven path down to the spring where the women of Damthang…
Snow Leopards Hit By Lack Of Joint Database On Poaching, Trafficking
Snow leopards, the “mountain ghosts” of the Himalayas, live in inaccessible, icy and largely unpopulated…
Cooperation Is Key As Nations Deal With Glacial Floods
In the space of three months in early 2021, two glacial lakes in the Indian…
Spring Revival Project Offers Hope In The Himalayas
Spring 2020 had just begun in the Himalayas but for Kamla Devi, 36, a resident…
Another Tragedy Raises Ire At Hydro Projects In HP
The village of Palgi is mourning 27-year-old Amar Chand. He died on 21 May in…
Fires Ravage Himalayan Forests, Threatening Health & Biodiversity
Wildfires described as “the worst in a decade” have engulfed Himalayan mountain states in a…
Ropeways’ Green Image Masks Potential Damage In Himalayas
“We are not against the ropeway or development. We are only concerned about the environment…
Could The Himalayas Harbour The Next Pandemic?
by Beth Walker/ The Third Pole The world is in an “era of pandemics”. Unless…