How Permafrost Thaw Is Damaging Himalayas
It is late April 2022. At Namche Bazaar, a town in the Everest region of Nepal at an elevation of...
the Himalayas
All-Women Indian Team To Complete Himalayan Expedition
After three-month-long rigorous trekking, including a one-month journey in Nepal, the 50-plus all Women Trans Himalayan expedition team is back...
Oil Palm Pioneers Doubt Crop Will Take Off In Himalayan Foothills
As he talks about his 200-hectare oil palm plantation, Dature Miuli becomes visibly emotional. A passionate farmer and agro-entrepreneur in...
Climate Change: 100 Questions By Scientists
Scientists have identified 100 pressing research questions on climate change and water resources in the Upper Indus Basin (UIB), which...
Time Is Running Out For Climate Adaptation In The Himalayas
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has released the second of its three-part report in the 6th assessment cycle....
Shepherds In Himalayas Turn Their Backs On Traditional Livelihood
Nomadic shepherds in the central Himalayas are facing a double threat. Not only is more and more pasture land being...
Climate Change & Disasters On The Third Pole
In many ways, 2021 marked a new threshold for climate change-related disasters. Global headlines were monopolised by incidents of extreme...
Himalayan Glaciers Melting At An ‘Exceptional Rate’: Study
Glaciers in the Himalayas are melting at an "exceptional" rate because of global warming, threatening the water supply of millions...
How Dust Can Melt Mountains & Change Seas
Asia’s largest freshwater reserve is disappearing. In the Hindu Kush Himalayan region, which is warming by 0.3-0.7 degrees Celsius above...
Uttarakhand Before Climate Tragedy: A Mountaineer Remembers
On 7 February 2021, disaster struck in the Indian Himalayas. In Chamoli district, in the northern state of Uttarakhand, a...
Clear Impact Of Climate Change In Uttarakhand Disaster
Under the weight of a suspected avalanche, a massive chunk of ice and frozen mud broke away from a glacier...
What Caused The Deadly Avalanche In Uttarakhand?
An estimated 200 people are missing and 18 are confirmed killed after an avalanche in India’s Himalayan region broke dams,...
