Dry run

हिमनद: जानकारी का संकट

जियोलॉजिकल सर्वे ऑफ इंडिया द्वारा सूचीबद्ध भारतीय हिमालय के 9,575 ग्लेशियरों में से केवल 25 के ग्राउंड डेटा उपलब्ध है। 

Kargil fossil unravels climatic conditions of early Himalayas

A new study says warm and humid climate led to formation of Himalayas

Rocking the Himalayas

Indian seismic experts are in a tizzy over predictions of an imminent gigantic earthquake in the central Himalayas

Timely preservation

Tale of two reptiles

Fossils of an ancient snake wrapped around a dinosaur enraptures scientists

First white paper for holistic flood preparation in the works

Paper will be the outcome of a workshop organised recently to deliberate on India’s flood preparedness

Lake made by landslide debris bursts, causes flash floods in Kargil

Six bridges have been washed away by the floods; remote mountainous villages in Ladakh at risk

Himalayan states also face risk of glacial lake outburst floods

The region is surrounded by 8000 glacial lakes, 200 of them potentially dangerous

Sikkim at risk of devastating floods from glacial lake outbursts

State drags its feet over installing early warning systems

How to contain Himalayan tsunamis

The Himalaya has one of the most fragile topographies among mountain ranges of the world on account of being the youngest. Even though its phase …