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,
Himalaya
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Pollution at high levels
A study of ice cores from the Himalaya reveal a substantial rise in industrial pollution over the past few decades, claim some Chinese researchers. Ice cores from remote mountain areas are
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CHINA
According to the Chinese scientists, ice cores from the Himalaya, the world's highest mountain range, indicate a significant increase in pollution levels over the past few decades. Wang Ninglian, an
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The Himalayan herb grower
Arun Kumar Badoni has taken upon himself the task of conserving medicinal and aromatic plants in the Garhwal Himalaya
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SIACHEN Snowballing
"If the Indo-Pak conflict over Siachen continues, the Indian soldiers will soon be fighting on melted glacier floor,' says Syed Iqbal Hasnain of the School of Environmental Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru
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Melting into thin air
The 25 km long Gangotri glacier, fountainhead of the Ganga, is receding at an average 18 metres annually
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Droughts after deluges
As the glaciers recede, the frequency of natural hazards such as floods and cloudbursts will increase
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Glaciers beating retreat
Himalayan glaciers, source of water for the innumerable rivers that flow across the Indo-Gangetic plains, are receding. And that too at a phenomenal rate. As they continue to recede, incidents of landslides, changes in river regimes and floods will increa
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Report on himalayan glaciology
Glaciologists are arguing on the speed at which the Himalayan glaciers are reteating. Doubts have been raised on the IPCC Report. Read this report on Himalayan glaciology by Syed Hasnain which is leading to the controversy.
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After Chipko: from environment to region in Uttaranchal
<p>Although the Chipko movement is practically non-existent in its region of origin it remains one of the most frequently deployed examples of an environmental and/or a women's movement in the South.
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Nature's fury
RAMPANT deforestation by the timber mafia, poor mapping systems and inadequate maintenance of roads in the region may be the reason for recent landslides in the hills of Uttar Pradesh. People