Glacier Recession Ups Threat Of Catastrophic Outburst Floods: Study
In the Himalayas, increasing temperatures and glacier recession have resulted in the formation of new…
In the Himalayas, increasing temperatures and glacier recession have resulted in the formation of new…
In recent months, numerous reports of dangerous avalanches in the Himalayas have made the headlines….
The Himalayas are relatively new mountains, created by the Indian tectonic plate being pushed under…
“I can assure you one thing that the mountains are changing. And they are changing…
In September 2011, a team of researchers from the Institute of Mountain Environment (IME), University…
Source: PTI Majority of Himalayan glaciers analysed are melting or retreating at varying rates in…
Within weeks of the partial evacuation of Joshimath, an ancient pilgrim town in Uttarakhand, northern…
Last week, Ladakh-based maverick climate activist Sonam Wangchuk went on a 5-day fast to raise…
Wildfires and flash floods are two of the most visible symptoms of climate change across…
The Himalayan town of Joshimath is sinking. Its houses have been declared dangerous to live…
Residents of the ancient pilgrim town of Joshimath were forced to flee their homes in…
Pictures of enigmatic snow leopards roaming the scenic Annapurna area come to mind when outsiders…
Infrastructure development continued on a grand scale and at a rapid pace in South Asia…
Biodiversity is in the headlines as 2022 comes to an end, with a “historic” deal…
From the foothills of the Himalayas to the islands of the Jamuna River, cultural traditions…
(Source: PTI) Scientists on Wednesday said there is a strong possibility of a major earthquake…
Earlier this week, on October 4, an avalanche hit a team of mountaineers from the…
Amitav Ghosh’s latest book, The Living Mountain: A Fable for Our Times, defies easy reactions….
It is late April 2022. At Namche Bazaar, a town in the Everest region of…
After three-month-long rigorous trekking, including a one-month journey in Nepal, the 50-plus all Women Trans…
As he talks about his 200-hectare oil palm plantation, Dature Miuli becomes visibly emotional. A…
Scientists have identified 100 pressing research questions on climate change and water resources in the…
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has released the second of its three-part report…
Nomadic shepherds in the central Himalayas are facing a double threat. Not only is more…
In many ways, 2021 marked a new threshold for climate change-related disasters. Global headlines were…