The World Meteorological Organization’s State of the Climate in Asia 2024 report warns that the region is warming nearly twice as fast as the global average, driving more extreme weather and posing serious threats to lives, ecosystems, and economies. In 2024, Asia experienced its warmest or second warmest year on …
The Ministry of Environment and Forests is not aware of any scientific report relating to ecological degradation in the famous Gangotri, Yamunotri and Badrinath Dhams due to environmental change and pollution. However, a pilot study conducted on impact of hydro power projects in Bhagirathi Valley by GB Pant Institute of …
The GB Pant University of Agriculture and Technology has unveiled 11 hybrids of different crops developed as part of the crop improvement programme of the university. These crops include two varieties of paddy, one variety of wheat, soyabean, yellow mustard and pea among others. Addressing mediapersons on the occasion, the …
1,300 Fire Cases Till June, More Jungle Areas Hit Than In Past 2 Yrs After a few years of relative calm, fi res have again ravaged the forests of Uttarakhand this summer. More blazes were reported and more forest area affected this season than the past two years put together, …
Shimla: The government has set the ball rolling for the preparation of its Climate Adaptation Action Plan, with vulnerability assessment right from the district to the sub-tehsil level and strengthening of data bank emerging as the focus areas. Even though not placed among the high-risk states which would be impacted …
ITANAGAR: Scientists at GB Pant Institute of Himalayan Environment and Development (GBPIHED) here have discovered two new species of fish in rivers of Arunachal Pradesh. “The discovery of two new species of catfish - Erethistoides Senkhiensis and Glyptothorax Dikrongensis was made by the institute’s staffers Lakpa Tamang and Shivaji Chaudhry …
Neighbouring Manali Witnesses Similar Meltdown, Experts Blame Global Warming Manali: Within two months of record snowfall on Rohtang pass, almost all the snow has melted. Initially, it was expected that tourists could see the snow till August. By the last week of June, though, the snow melted away. Experts blamed …
Bangalore: A comprehensive study of Isro satellite images reveals 75% of Himalayan glaciers are on the retreat, with the average shrinkage being 3.75km during the 15 years under study. The grim findings come after raging controversy over claims in the 2007 IPCC report of Himalayan glaciers disappearing by 2035, which …
Poor access to appropriate technologies due to difficult topographies and tough mountain conditions is one of the major causes of poverty, drudgery and natural resources degradation not only in the Indian Central Himalaya, but also in other parts of the Hindu-Kush Himalaya. Of late, deve- lopment planners have realized the …
Guwahati, Sept. 26: Wildlife researchers have discovered an amazing range of bio-diversity, including a toad at 4,200 metres (nearly 14,000 feet), tucked away among the high altitude wetland complex of Nagula in Tawang. Field researchers of WWF-India (western Arunachal landscape), G.B. Pant Institute of Himalayan Environment and Development of North …
India, China and Nepal are set to launch a joint conservation initiative for the Mount Kailash landscape. The conservation will be meant to tackle the issue of glacial melt, biodiversity conservation and, interestingly, also have a mandate for cultural conservation in the Himalayan region. This would be a first-of-its-kind trans-boundary …
Shimla: Though summer is yet to set in officially, Shimla has recorded a sharp rise in maximum temperature, which shot eight to 10 degrees above normal. On Saturday, the hill station recorded an all-time high of 25.7 degree celsius this time of the year. It has triggered concern among environmentalists, …
For a country, which gave the world perhaps the oldest medical care system, Ayurveda, boasts of a US $2 billion traditional medicine industry and has over 7 lakh registered traditional medicine practitioners, some alarming signals are emanating from the bio-diverse-rich Indian Himalayan region. The youngsters among the traditional healthcare practitioners …
