updated Sat. April 20, 2024
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Observer Research Foundation (blog)
March 29, 2018
Of all Himalayan nations, China has made the most progress towards hydropower development. ... change by 5% on average and up to 25% by 2050; d> rainfall is becoming less frequent, but more intense, and is likely to keep increasing in intensity; e> glaciers will continue to suffer substantial mass loss.
The Northlines
March 29, 2018
Srinagar, Mar 29. As glaciers are melting alarmingly, government is unaware about their number in Jammu and Kashmir. ... The study shows that loss of glaciers in Upper Indus Basin (Hindukush Himalayas, Karakoram and the Himalayan mountain ranges) could be highest among those in Kashmir Valley.
5 Dariya News
March 29, 2018
He said that as per the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report the temperature of earth has increased by 2 degree during the last 20 years which has resulted in decrease in glaciers. The Gangotri glacier falling in Himalayan area has receded at the rate of 30 meters per year, he said.Shri JaiÃâà...
Business Standard
March 29, 2018
The rise in mercury is in agreement with observations of the comparatively higher rate of glacier retreat in the Greater Himalayas than in the Karakoram Himalayas, as reported in several studies, says the SASE study titled "Recent Wintertime Climatic Variability Over the North West Himalayan Cryosphere",Ãâà...
Kasmir Monitor
March 28, 2018
Srinagar, Mar 27: While the glaciers in Kashmir are melting down, the state government doesn't even know how many of them do actually exist in the state. ... The study shows that loss of glaciers in Upper Indus Basin (Hindukush Himalayas, Karakoram and the Himalayan mountain ranges) could be highestÃâà...
THE WEEK
March 26, 2018
Harish Kapadia, long-time editor of the Himalayan Journal, has now edited a collector's edition titled Legendary Maps from the Himalayan Club. ... Story of geographer and naturalist Professor Giotto Dainelli's expedition to the Karakoram and exploration of one of the longest glaciers—Siachen—is yetÃâà...
eco-business.com
March 26, 2018
As global temperatures have risen, many of the world's glaciers have already started to shrink and retreat. Continued warming could see many iconic landscapes – from the Canadian Rockies to the Mount Everest region of the Himalayas – lose almost all their glaciers by the end of the century. But glacierÃâà...
Quartz
March 16, 2018
The 72 km long Siachen glacier, in the East Karakoram is one of the longest glaciers in the Himalayas. It has a number of peaks, several side valleys and at its head lies the Indira Col, the divide between south and central Asia. The Nubra river drains the glacier and ultimately joins the Shyok river nearÃâà...
