As the world reels under the impact of climate change and temperatures keep ramping up, the impact is most visible in the Himalayas as glaciers melt at an alarming pace. However, what's more ...

Snowfall in Asia's Hindu Kush-Himalayan mountain range has reached a 23-year low, threatening nearly two billion people ...

DEHRADUN: The peaks surrounding the revered Badrinath shrine in Uttarakhand are already devoid of snow cover, a phenomenon ...

One-third of Himalayan glaciers will melt by the end of the century due to climate change, threatening water sources for 1.9 billion people, even if current efforts to reduce climate change succeed, ...

The Hindu Kush-Himalayan mountain range, which stretches from Afghanistan to Myanmar, holds the largest reserves of ice and ...

The unprecedented rate of glacial loss in major ranges such as the Himalayas was confirmed by both the WMO report and a separate Unesco report on the world's glaciers, released on 20 March.

A new UN report warns that glaciers are melting at record speeds, threatening the water security of billions. From the Himalayas to the Andes, the collapse of Earth’s 'water towers' signals a ...

Yet, as glaciers shrink and snow becomes scarcer, the cost of inaction will far outweigh the challenges of cooperation. The melting Himalayas are not just a regional crisis. They are a global ...

(AFP): Scientists have issued a warning that snowfall in the Hindu Kush-Himalaya mountain range has reached its lowest level ...

Over the past two decades, satellite-based planetary observations have recorded rapid mass loss of Patagonian glaciers, contributing approximately 0.07 mm per year to global sea-level rise.

He emphasised the Himalayas as the " Water Towers of Asia " – a vast system of glaciers and snow is under severe threat due to accelerating climate change. Protecting these glaciers is not just ...

The Hindu Kush-Himalayan range, which stretches from Afghanistan ... that five of the past six years have seen the most rapid glacier retreat on record.