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 …
Guwahati: Noted environmentalist and Chipko movement leader Sunderlal Bahuguna has brought the 'Save Himalaya, Save Water, Save Life' movement to the North-East India to raise mass awareness over the dire need to protect and preserve the ecology of Himalayan region against the onslaught of global warming. Kick-starting the campaign here, …
Hyderabad, Nov. 2: Himalayan glaciers are receding continuously and significantly says glaciologist Mr Rajesh Kumar of the Birla Institute of Technology (BIT) who conducted a major study on the Himalayas. Witnessing Change: Glaciers in the Indian Himalayas, a report by WWF-India and BIT, researches the retreat patterns of two glaciers …
Ananth Krishnan BEIJING: Researchers in China have documented what they describe as the rapid retreat of glaciers on the Tibetan Plateau, the source of many of the subcontinent
This new WWF study explores how the glaciers in the Indian Himalayas are going through change and says that smaller glaciers in the Himalayas are proving much more vulnerable to climate change impacts than previously thought, with significant implications for the livelihood and freshwater supplies of millions. Smaller glaciers in …
Geographical information and remote sensing systems play a special role in the Hindu Kush-Himalayan region in support for informed decision making. This information sheet presents information on basic technologies, approaches, and applications related to geographical information and remote sensing, and used or developed by ICIMOD, as a background for understanding …
This paper on the state of Himalayan Glaciers by V K Raina, ex Deputy Director of GSI presents a historical review of the research to date spanning more than fifty years, and claims that it is premature to accept that Himalayan glaciers are retreating abnormally because of global warming. Monitoring …
Shimla: The parallel conclave of non-government organisations pursuing environmental issues strongly opposed the construction of big hydropower projects in the Himalayan region which were being set up in the most insensitive manner, causing loss of livelihoods and depletion of natural resources. The declaration of the conclave, held under the Himalaya …
Shimla: While asserting that the situation with respect to glacier melt and climate change was not as alarming as being projected by the western world, Dr Akhilesh Gupta, Adviser, Department of Science and Technology, today said India would not be bullied by dictates of the western world in achieving high …
Five pairs of rare Himalayan ungulates arrived at the city airport early on Wednesday, on their way to the Padmaja Naidu Himalayan Zoological Park in Darjeeling. The three pairs of Himalayan Thar and two pairs of Blue Sheep are gifts from Japan, which had received two young elephants
A comprehensive programme to assess the damage being done to ecologically fragile areas in the Himalayas and to prevent over-exploitation of natural resources in the region was cleared by the Prime Minister
Some of the best brains in the world have come together in Bangalore to discuss forest canopies and explore the ways of combining disciplinary approaches to the pertinent questions on environment, social and conservation relevance. The six-day fifth international conference on canopy began at JN Tata Auditorium, IISc on Monday. …
Rajendra K. Pachauri says that India wants to be a constructive partner in Copenhagen negotiations on climate change. The country is taking domestic action even though it cannot accept mandatory emissions limits.
Deep in the Himalayas, the disappearance of glaciers is threatening the kingdom of Bhutan. Anjali Nayar trekked through the mountains to see how the country is adapting to a warming world.
Srinagar : A team of 247 Army personnel from High Altitude Warfare School (HAWS), Sonmarg, has undertaken the drive of collecting non-biodegradable waste lying along the Baltal-Amarnath cave shrine. A defence spokesman said the team collected around four tonnes of non-biodegradable waste that was later on disposed off. The drive …
On the outskirts of Kathmandu, capital of Nepal, climate researchers twiddle with computers displaying maps of the Himalayas. At the press of a button, rivers and mountain passes change colour and watercourses expand to show villages swept away by simulated flood waters. Not all the researchers at the International Centre …
