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HIMALAYAN GLACIERS
In 2025, research study warned 76 per cent of glacier mass would vanish bringing catastrophe to Himalayas, European Alps, Rockies of the US, Canada, and other parts of world but one country may not feel direct impact. Here's whyGlaciers are found on every continent except Australia -- from Mount Kilimanjaro to the Austrian Alps and the Karakoram range in Pakistan.
Nepal flood: IAF keeps fleet on standby for relief operations, C-130J aircraft expected to take off with relief material soonIndia's Air Force has transport aircraft on standby for Nepal's flood relief operations. A C-130J aircraft is expected to depart with essen...
Nepal flash flood kills eight; damages roads, power projectsNepal deployed helicopters after flash floods swept away villages, killing eight people. Neighboring Tibet reported major casualties and mi...
Nepal flash floods reason: What triggered the deadly floods and why the region is at riskAn ice and rock avalanche caused massive flash floods in Nepal on Wednesday. At least eight people died, and hundreds of tourists were repo...
‘Everyone can cook together, eat together’: Sonam Wangchuk's Ladakh home kitchen blends traditional living with modern facilitiesSonam Wangchuk’s Ladakh home blends traditional living with modern facilities, particularly in its kitchen. During a house tour shared by T...
No electricity, no diesel: Sonam Wangchuk's invented tent can stay warm at up to -14 degrees. How does it work?Sonam Wangchuk’s innovative tent was designed to stay warm even when temperatures outside dropped to -14°C. In 2021, he said it could reach...
Sonam Wangchuk: The 59-year-old who rallied India's Gen Z against Modi govtSocial activist Sonam Wangchuk ended his 26-day hunger strike following a vigorous youth movement that compelled the government to act. Foc...
Glaciers were found moving across the Himalayas from space; scientists just uncovered a 58,500-year-old collapse hiding in the same mountainsSpace images reveal Himalayan glaciers flowing downhill, a dynamic process previously unseen. These ice masses feed vital rivers relied upo...
Global weather datasets may be underestimating Himalayan snowfall, says international studyGlobal weather models significantly underestimate Himalayan snowfall, a new study found. This underestimation is particularly pronounced in...
Centre rejects Parliamentary panel idea to share glacier data with China, neighboursThe report, 'Glacier Management in the Country - Monitoring of Glaciers / Lakes Including Glacial Lake Outbursts leading to Flash-Floods in...
View: Yes, glaciers are melting but no need for panicMany readers will be astonished that the contribution of glacial melt can be just under 1% even in the higher Himalayas. The estimates of s...
- Pachauri rings alarm on glaciers
Noted environmentalist R K Pachauri said the Himalayan glaciers are melting at a “very rapid pace” on Tuesday, but did not refer to his ear...
- Isro: 75% of Himalayan glaciers retreating
While 75% of Himalayan glaciers are on the retreat the average shrinkage is 3.75km during the 15 years under study of Isro satellite images.
'Himalayan glaciers here to stay'Studies conducted by glaciologists across the Himalayan region in Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand have shown that globa...
- Carelessness happens at times: TERI fellow
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has goofed up so badly on its Himalayan glacier melting forecast that it's close to losing...
Pachauri mum on Himalayan blunderWith the credibility of the UN climate panel under a cloud, IPCC chairman RK Pachauri chose to steer clear of the Himalayan glacier controv...
- Recession of Himalayan glaciers part of natural process: Govt
Environment minister Jairam Ramesh said the recession of Himalayan glaciers was part of the natural cyclical process which could be attribu...
- Smaller glaciers more vulnerable to climate change: Study
Smaller Himalayan glaciers are proving much more vulnerable to climate change than the area's larger glaciers, says a new report contradict...
- Govt findings on Himalayan glaciers misleading: NGO
Terming the environment ministry's recent report on non-receding of Himalayan glaciers as false complacency, a research foundation on ecolo...
- Centre planned to study melting of Himalayan glaciers
A glaciology centre, the first of its kind in the country, will be set up in one of the Himalayan states to study melting of glaciers, amid...