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Research has shown that the Earth’s poles are the most vulnerable to climate change and that the Arctic and Antarctic are experiencing faster rates of melting compared to anywhere else on the globe. But while many studies look to the North and South Pole as proof that anthropogenic emissions are driving glacial retreat, sea ice melt, and sea level rise, an often overlooked corner of the world could lose two-thirds of its glaciers by the end of the century, according to a new report.
In a small riverbank community of Donggang below Mt Gauri Shankar, Janmu Sherpa runs a small teahouse. The settlement ...
As climate change melts glaciers, a threat looms large in mountainous areas—glacial lake outburst floods, which pose great dangers to ...
Climate change is remaking the Himalayan region, putting at risk millions of South Asians who depend on its water resources ...
C-19 and inestimable loss of Himalayan regionCoronavirus pandemic is wreaking havoc globally including other countries of the Hindu Kush Himalayan ...
A new report out this week warns that hundreds of glacial lakes in the Himalaya are in danger of bursting ...
Despite serious tensions, governments recognise their joint dependence on the water tower of Asia.
अन्तर्राष्ट्रिय एकीकृत पर्वतीय विकास केन्द्र (इसीमोड) र संयुक्त राष्ट्रसङ्घीय विकास कार्यक्रम (यूएनडीपी)ले सार्वजनिक गरेको प्रतिवेदनले हिमताल फट्ने खतरा रहेको देखाएको ...
This was revealed by a new dataset released by the Kathmandu-based ICIMOD on Friday; Impacts from GLOF events have increased ...