HKS Snow Update 2025
<p>The HKH Snow Update 2025 highlights a significant decline in seasonal snow across the Hindu Kush Himalaya region, with snow persistence 23.6% below normal — the lowest in 23 years. This trend,
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Question raised in Lok Sabha on Effects of Pollution on Himalayan Glaciers, 13/12/2019
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Effects of Pollution on Himalayan Glaciers, 13/12/2019. Black Carbon is emitted into the atmosphere as a by-product of combustion processes such as fossil fuel, vegetation
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Multiscale integrated river basin management- from a Hindu Kush Himalayan perspective
Managing water resources is a critical challenge in the mountain and hill regions of the Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH). Not only is demand increasing – for domestic use, irrigation, industry, and energy –
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Multiscale integrated river basin management- from a Hindu Kush Himalayan perspective
Managing water resources is a critical challenge in the mountain and hill regions of the Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH). Not only is demand increasing – for domestic use, irrigation, industry, and energy –
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137Cs – a potential environmental marker for assessing erosion-induced soil organic carbon loss in India
<p>The use of Cesium-137 (137Cs) as a potential environmental marker was examined for estimating soil erosion induced carbon losses on slopping agricultural land. Depth-wise incremental soil samples were
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Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Steps to Preserve the Himalayan Glaciers, 02/07/2019
Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Steps to Preserve the Himalayan Glaciers, 02/07/2019. The National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research (NCPOR)under the Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES) has undertaken
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Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Steps to Preserve the Himalayan Glaciers, 02/07/2019
Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Steps to Preserve the Himalayan Glaciers, 02/07/2019. The National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research (NCPOR)under the Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES) has undertaken
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Mizoram Starts Campaign on Global Warming, Climate Change
* Nearly 1.5 billion people depend on the Himalayas for water, food and energy Aizawl/Agartala: The Mizoram government has launched an awareness campaign across the State on climate change and global
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Activists in Tripura raise alarm over rising plastic pollution in villages
The Himalayan cleanup initiative was started last year with a massive cleaning drive across 12 hilly states of the country lying beside the Himalayan Range. Ahead of the World Environment Day on June
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Half of glaciers in Satluj basin may disappear by 2050: study
Changing climatic patterns are affecting the health of glaciers in the Himalayan region. A new study has warned that as many as 55 percent of glaciers in the Satluj basin may disappear by 2050 and 97 percent
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The heat is on: Climate change's impact on world explained in numbers
The faster melting of ice in the Himalayan region has always been a kind of benchmark to substantiate global warming effects As nations continue to debate on the reasons of, and solutions to, climate