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Najboon Khatun looks up at the sky every day, searching for the possibility of rain. Clouds come and go without a drop of water. “Winter crops like wheat and vegetables need water, but like last year, there has been no rainfall yet,” says 65-year-old Khatun, expressing her anguish.
Permanently frozen terrain covers 22% of the Earth’s surface. This area is more than 112 million square kilometres. People call ...
Early snow-melting triggers complex responses in alpine plant species, influencing traits like leaf composition and resource acquisition strategies, a recent ...
With COP28 underway in Dubai, researchers say climate negotiations should pay more attention to mountain regions, particularly the Hindu Kush ...
Frozen water, in its various forms, bears the brunt of climate change. In the mountainous expanse of the Hindu Kush ...
Le Directeur de l’ICIMOD s’exprime dans une interview pour la presse himalayenne. Il partage quelques enjeux majeurs de l’arc Hindu ...
A farmer and a village leader in Pakistan's highlands decided it was time to try to make a glacier baby.
Official data showed that since 1953’s Hillary-Norgay summit, around 7,000 mountaineers have successfully scaled Mt Everest while over 300 have ...
From Afghanistan to China, vanishing glaciers risk floods and drought for billions
