Flanked by the upper Himalayan ranges, Ladakh is a remote region along India's northern tip. The area is largely Buddhist and its monasteries attract thousands of tourists each year. But a little ...

Climate change poses a growing threat to the glaciers found in the Hindu Kush and Himalayan mountain ranges, according to a new report. The study found that if CO2 emissions are not cut rapidly ...

Located at the heart of the Himalayan range in northern India (State of Sikkim), the Khangchendzonga National Park includes a unique diversity of plains, valleys, lakes, glaciers and spectacular, snow ...

The main Himalaya, stretching for 1,900 miles and varying in width from 50 to nearly 200 miles, really consists of three parallel ranges: the low hills of the Outer Himalaya that do not exceed ...

Global warming has put the Hindu Kush mountain range of the Himalayas — home to Mount Everest — at utmost risk with most of its glacier cover expected to melt in less than eight decades ...

with research showing that the Himalayan mountain range could lose 80% of its glaciers by 2100. Efforts to curb warming need to happen in order to save the glaciers. "We believe that the katabatic ...

with national-level stock-assessment of ~1.5 million hectares informing landscape-level conservation in the high altitude Himalayan range - one of most climate-change affected regions of the world. A ...

Since the sediments were lightweight, instead of sinking along with the plate, they crumpled into mountain ranges—the Himalayas. By 10 million years ago the two continents were in direct ...

Himalayan glacial lakes are expanding at an alarming rate, increasing the risk of catastrophic floods. A recent report reveals a 10.81% growth in lake surface area from 2011 to 2024, with India ...