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Asia warming up faster; India faces melting glaciersAsia faced extreme weather in 2025. Dangerous heat, heavy rains, and floods affected millions. Droughts also hit the continent. Glaciers in...- Arunachal's Tawang on alert over threat of Glacial Lake Outburst FloodConcerns rise in Arunachal Pradesh over a possible Glacial Lake Outburst Flood in Tawang district. Authorities are enhancing preparedness m...
- Pakistan urges India to respect Indus Water TreatyPakistan has called on India to uphold the Indus Waters Treaty. Minister Musadik Malik stated that suspending the treaty would create a dan...
- Project Him Sarovar: Centre’s push for year-round water security in LadakhA new initiative, Project Him Sarovar, is set to secure water for Ladakh. The project will build storage ponds to collect melting snow and ...
- Pay attention to dry facts about waterIndia is grappling with an acute water crisis. Recent studies reveal that the Western Himalayas are experiencing the driest spring seasons ...
- Climate change, pollution, construction: multiple whammy to fuel more Sikkim-like disasters, warn scientistsAs Sikkim picks up the pieces following flash floods that saw many thousands being displaced, major infrastructure projects destroyed and s...
- Centre working on plan to assess vulnerability of all glacial lakes: SourcesThe Indian government, in collaboration with the states, plans to reassess the vulnerability of glacial lakes in the country through ground...
- Sikkim disaster: CWC's 2015 report on hydro projects' vulnerabilities ignored?A study conducted by the Central Water Commission in 2015 warned the Sikkim state government about the vulnerability of hydropower projects...
- Sikkim cloudburst: House Panel in March suggested a single nodal agency for monitoring glaciersOn the basis of submissions made by various central departments, the panel said no study was carried out by Geological Survey of India, ISR...
- Glacial lake floods: A growing, unpredictable climate riskIndian rescuers are searching for over 100 missing people after a flash flood caused by a glacial lake bursting its banks. Glacial lake out...
- Nepal quake triggered Sikkim disaster? Scientists to find outScientists are investigating whether the recent earthquake in Nepal caused the south Lhonak lake to burst, leading to a flash flood in the ...
- Melting of Ladakh glacier could form three glacial lakes: StudyParkachik Glacier is one of the largest glacier in the Suru River valley, which is a part of the Southern Zanskar Ranges, western Himalaya....
- 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...
- How scientists are using drones to lower the risk of catastrophic flooding from large glacial lakesHeavy rainfall and rock, snow or ice avalanches can raise water levels in moraine-dammed glacial lakes, generating waves that overtop the m...
- 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...
- Indian Himalayan region: Another catastrophe in the making?In high mountainous terrains, melting of glaciers due to global warming leading to higher warming rates over higher elevation than lower el...
- How glaciers can burst and send floods downstreamProglacial lakes, formed after glaciers retreat, are often bound by sediment and boulder formations. Additional water or pressure, or struc...
- Global warming may cause flooding in Himalayas but drought in Andes
- Climate change likely to extend for next 10,000 years: StudyRising global temperatures, glacial melting and rising sea levels are the climatic changes that could lead to the submergence of coastal ar...
- Melting glaciers giving rise to new lakes in Himachal PradeshMelting of glaciers is resulting in the formation of smaller lakes in the high hills of Himachal Pradesh and is posing threat to the popula...
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