Himalayas need help, COP28 talks must respond: UN chief GuterresUN chief Antonio Guterres has warned of a potential catastrophe in the Himalayas due to the melting glaciers. Almost 240 million people dep...
02 Dec, 2023, 02.50 PM IST
Himalayan glaciers risk losing 75% of their volume by 2100 due to global warmingThe Hindu Kush Himalaya region spans across Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, and Pakistan, encompassing iconi...
20 Jun, 2023, 02.45 PM IST
Climate change is real: Study finds more than half of Earth's glaciers will vanish by 2100Mostly small but well-known glaciers are marching to extinction, the study said.
06 Jan, 2023, 08.08 AM IST
Don't let the cold keep you from the mountains. Here are the top treks for Indian wintersRev up your appetite for challenge, enroll for a group trek to scale up the peaks that have always fascinated you.
09 Nov, 2017, 08.42 AM IST
Glaciers in Mount Everest shrink 28% in 40 years: ReportPart of the report, which was released yesterday, also said Mt Everest, known as Mount Qomolangma in Tibet, has been getting warmer for the...
08 Dec, 2015, 04.08 PM IST
Mount Everest getting warmer, glaciers shrinking: researchMount Everest is getting warmer for the past 50 years with the glaciers around the world's highest peak shrinking "remarkably", according t...
07 Dec, 2015, 11.45 AM IST
The legend behind Europe's extreme museumsAfter twice summiting Everest - with no oxygen - 71-year-old Reinhold Messner's latest legacy: Reclaimed castles and a mountaintop masterpi...
09 Sep, 2015, 09.58 AM IST
ONGC takes PM Modi’s Swachh Bharat drive to HimalayasOil producers usually prefer to bake Earth for profit. But ONGC is bucking that trend by using some of its profit to nurse the ground and c...
13 Aug, 2015, 03.30 PM IST
- World glaciers melting at record rates: Study
A worldwide study has revealed that during 2001 to 2010, glaciers lost ice at an alarming two to three times the average for the 20th centu...
03 Aug, 2015, 06.03 PM IST
Everest glaciers may disappear by 2100: StudyGlaciers in the Everest region of the Himalayas could shrink at least 70 per cent or even disappear entirely by the end of the century if g...
27 May, 2015, 06.21 PM IST
- Everest glaciers may retreat 70% by end of century, warns new study
ver 70 per cent of glacier volume in the Everest region could be lost by 2100 if current trends of greenhouse gases emission continue, a ne...
27 May, 2015, 03.41 PM IST
Earthquake aftershock hits Nepal and India, magnitude 6.7A strong earthquake aftershock struck India and Nepal on Sunday, shaking buildings in New Delhi and triggering an avalanche in the Himalaya...
26 Apr, 2015, 01.51 PM IST
Glaciers in Tibet retreating at alarming rateChina's glaciers particularly those in Tibet have retreated by about 7,600sqkm - nearly 18 per cent - in the last 65 years and even the thi...
23 Apr, 2015, 02.38 PM IST
Glaciers in Tibetan Plateau shrinking rapidly: ReportGlaciers in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, home to several Himalayan rivers, have been shrunk by 15 per cent in the past three decades and the ...
21 May, 2014, 05.03 PM IST
- Warming eats up Everest ice by 13% in 50 years
Mount Everest is shedding its frozen cloak as its glaciers have shrunk at an alarming rate of 13% over the last 50 years due to global warm...
15 May, 2013, 03.08 AM IST
Everest losing its snow ice coverResearchers have found that glaciers in the Mount Everest region including the Sagarmatha national park that surrounds the peak, have shrun...
14 May, 2013, 01.10 PM IST
- Everest expedition to create climate change awareness
A UN-backed expedition will scale Mount Everest this spring to create awareness about the impact of climate change on the mountain range.
12 Feb, 2008, 04.22 PM IST