Regional pollution is speeding up snow melt in the Indian Himalayas. That's according to a new study from an international ...

More and more, mountain snow in the Mount Everest region is vanishing into thin air. The snow line on Mount Everest's ...

A study has found that Uttarakhand's glacier area has decreased from 979 sq km in 2000 to 957.6 sq km in 2023 at an average ...

Deputy CM Mukesh Agnihotri calls for a special water policy for hill states to address climate change impacts and ensure ...

Himachal Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Mukesh Agnihotri calls for a special water policy for hill states to address water shortages caused by climate change. He stresses the need for innovative ...

By Shanna Hanbury A photo series on ice stupas — artificial glaciers in the northern Indian Himalayas — recently won first place in the 2024-25 Onewater’s Walk of Water: Water Towers photo story ...

Himachal Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Mukesh Agnihotri on Tuesday stressed the need for evolving a special water policy for hill states and emphasised that new options must be explored to preserve ...

Nanoplastics -- plastic particles smaller than 1 m -- are widely dispersed because of their low weight. A research team now shows the extent to which glaciers at an altitude of more than 3,000 m in ...

Emphasising that owing to untimely rains and less snowfall, the water level of sources is continuously decreasing, Himachal Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Mukesh Agnihotri on Tuesday emphasised the ...

Indian must note that earthquakes cannot be prevented and can scarcely be predicted, but they can be prepared for ...

For many years, scientists have been discussing whether the population in mountain regions is increasingly at risk from meltwater floods, as melting ...