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2 Feb 2024 | Livelihoods

Tap Potential Of High-altitude Wetlands

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High -altitude wetlands in the HKH region are vital for local communities, serving as a crucial freshwater source of drinking, irrigation, and livestock.

4 Jan 2024 Livelihoods
Alpine plants may alter height or leaf size to cope with early snow-melt conditions

Early snow-melting triggers complex responses in alpine plant species, influencing traits like leaf composition and resource acquisition strategies, a recent ...

12 Jun 2020 Water and air
Surging glacier creates lake, floods Pakistan valley

A loud rumble echoed and water started trickling down with soil and rocks. Villagers immediately left their homes and fled ...

10 Jan 2020 Water and air
Asia’s Great Rivers: Climate Crisis, Pollution Put Billions at Risk

The year is 2100. The glaciers of the Hindu Kush-Himalayan region — the world’s “Third Pole” — are vanishing as ...

9 Jan 2024 Livelihoods
5.72 million metric tons of paddy harvested

The Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development has said 5.72 million metric tons of paddy have been harvested this year.

7 Jan 2020 Livelihoods
Increasing Food Import Could Affect Food And Nutritional Security

According to a food and nutrition security assessment report in the Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH) conducted by the International Centre ...

12 Jan 2024 Climate change
Snow cover across Northern Hemisphere has declined in last 4 decades due to changing climate: Study

Ninety per cent of the global population lives in the Northern Hemisphere, above the Equator

2024 May Witness More Natural Disasters

The Weather Channel argues that India faces the gravest challenge: Climate change-induced health vulnerability.

21 Jan 2024 Air
Brick kilns conversion to zigzag technology still a chimera

Only four out of 350 brick kilns have been converted to eco-friendly zigzag technology in the district, contrary to the ...