The series of natural disasters that battered the Himalayan region and South Asia during 2014 threw in stark relief the region’s vulnerability to climate change as well as poor planning and development policies.
Driving into Tibet is already an increasingly popular choice for tourists – the pristine scenery is some of the best anywhere in the world. But the views are now spoiled by dense networks of power…
For the first time, the Indian government is planning a pilot study of permafrost in Himachal Pradesh. It is expected to provide crucial data in a little-studied area of climate change impact in the Himalayas.
Once a common sight on the now-shrinking riverine stretches of Bangladesh, the gouna nouka, or goods-carrying boats, have become relics of a pastoral age with urbanisation and development fast replacing a river-centric, agro-based economy.
In the few weeks since the famous climate march in New York and cities around the world, activists have stepped up their criticism of government inaction to combat global warming. This has been accelerated by…
The natural Tibetan landscape of rolling plains, towering mountains, forests, lakes and rivers is being dramatically changed through a combination of factors which are mostly man made. The changes are nearly all detrimental to the…
The most precious resource on earth is not fossil fuels such as gas or oil, not precious metals and not gems; it is water. 97% of the earth’s water is salt water, found in the…
In the last week of October, farmers in Nepal’s remote northwestern Mugu district were celebrating Tihar —the festival of light –one of the biggest Hindu festivals of the year.
India’s groundwater tables are plunging at an alarming rate with reserves in some states dwindling to critical levels, according to the latest report from the Central Ground Water Board (CGWB) – the apex body under…
Scientists say that while it is still too early to conclude the recent cyclones that struck India’s east coast are due to global warming, they could be a pointer towards things to come.