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, now in its third consecutive year, threatens water security for nearly two billion people. All twelve major river …
N. GOPAL RAJ An official discussion paper on the status of Himalayan glaciers is coming under fire. The paper, issued recently by the Ministry of Environment and Forests, argued that the glaciers, which nourish several great rivers such as the Indus, Ganges and Brahmaputra, have not retreated abnormally. It also …
The Whistler's Warbler (Seicercus whistleri), a threatened migratory bird naturally found in the Himalayan ranges, has been observed in Sultanpur bird sanctuary in Gurgaon after some 25 years. Officials at the sanctuary claim, however, that eminent Indian ornithologist Dr Salim Ali could not observe the 9.5 cm to 12 cm …
RASHME SEHGAL The controversy over the retreating Himalayan glaciers has taken a new turn with Dr R.K. Ganjoo, a glaciologist from the Institute of Himalayan Glaciology, insisting these glaciers are not in retreat. Having studied glaciers for the last 30 years, he claimed that while the volume of some glaciers …
Rubbishing the claim by a government-backed study that melting of glaciers was not due to climate change, leading environmentalist R.K. Pachauri on Sunday dubbed it as "totally unsubstantiated scientific opinion" and flayed environment minister Jairam Ramesh for endorsing it. Dr Pachauri, the head of Nobel prize winner Intergovernmental Panel on …
KOHIMA, Nov 12: Noted environmentalist and Chipko Movement leader Sunderlal Bahuguna has urged the Nagas to initiate a mass movement to stop exploitation of nature for materialistic development in the mountainous regions. Official sources said Bahuguna, who is on a
RANDEEP RAMESH Grim forecast: The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change had warned that Himalayan glaciers were receding at an alarming rate. A leading climate scientist recently accused India
Guwahati: Union Renewable Energy Minister Farooq Abdullah and Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh openly clashed over a government-backed report on glacier melting as the former expressed serious displeasure over it. ''Now we are told that glaciers are not melting because of climate change. I do not know who prepared these reports, …
From Leh, the 40-km drive to Khardungla, the highest motorable pass in the world at 18,380 feet, winds gently through mountains coated with thick snow. To the left of the pass the Ladakhis swear is the Khardung glacier which has retreated, though there is no study to confirm it. In …
KOHIMA, Nov 10: A delegation of eminent citizens led by renowned environmentalist Sunderlal Bahuguna, recipient of the Padma Vibhushan award, has undertaken a campaign to sensitise people on the fragile ecology of the Himalayan region and the need to protect it. As part of this campaign, the delegation is planning …
Carpinus viminea (Himalayan hornbeam) is one of the lesser-known tree species of the moist temperate forests of the Himalayan region. Its ecological role is similar to that of Alnus nepalensis in the riverine and landslide areas between 1300 and 1800 m asl. C. viminea is one of the most economically …
Aarti Dhar NEW DELHI: India on Monday challenged the internationally accepted view that the Himalayan glaciers were receding due to global warming. The glaciers, although shrinking in volume and constantly showing a retreating front, have not in any way exhibited any abnormal annual retreat of the order that some glaciers …
YOJNA GUSAI A discussion paper contradicting the findings of various studies, including the IPCC report, which link melting of glaciers to global warming, was released by environment minister Jairam Ramesh on Monday. The discussion paper, that puts together recent studies on glaciers by Indian scientists, states that there is no …
Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh had been saying it all along. Now he has the findings of a report to back his claims. A study by a former scientist at the Geological Survey of India (GSI) has sought to downplay the scare-mongering over an apparent alarming retreat of the Himalayan glaciers …
Report Runs Counter To Pachauri Panel Findings, Says Some Glaciers Actually Expanding New Delhi: The environment ministry on Monday published a discussion paper stating that there was no conclusive evidence to prove that the Himalayan glaciers are melting due to climate change. The report, released by Union environment minister Jairam …
Amidst growing concerns over global warming and receding glaciers, there is some good news from Jammu and Kashmir: not all Himalayan glaciers are melting and many in the state and in its neighbourhood are stable for years now, finds out a study conducted by Jammu University. But, such stable glaciers …
The people of Assam, and especially those dependent on agriculture, would endure extremely difficult times if mega dams were constructed on rivers in Arunachal Pradesh, which flowed into the State. This was the view conveyed by the father of the Chipko movement, and noted environmentalist, Sundaralal Bahuguna in an exclusive …
Noted environmentalist and Chipko movement leader Sunderlal Bahuguna today warned that the next World War, if come about, would be fought over no other issue but water which is getting extremely precious day by day given the onslaught of climate change. Launching the
