Dehradun: Unregulated riverbed sand mining has become a "rapidly intensifying geohazard" in the Himalayan region, triggering "profound and potentially irreversible changes to river morphology, ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Conservation geneticist Adarsh Man Sherchan is one of the leading experts keeping track of the impacts that Nepal’s dozens of dams are having on ...

Environmentalists, scientists, and activists have voiced serious concerns over the impact of ongoing development in the Himalayan region. At a recent meeting at the Doon Library and Research Centre, ...

The snowy peaks of the Himalayas - the abode of our gods, the source of sustenance with its rivers, and the getaway of the initiated- are melting at an unprecedented pace. As temperatures rise, the ...

Plans by China and India to construct hydropower dams on a major Himalayan river raise the prospect of deadly environmental and humanitarian catastrophes for millions of people living downstream, ...

On a cold January morning in the high-altitude region of Spiti in the Indian Himalayas, a team of researchers set out to study the disappearing snow in the mountains. Along the trail, they stopped to ...