"The ice"

That's what Antarctica is called

Hubballi-Ankola railway line will augur desertification, water crisis, warn experts

The proposed 164-kilometre railway project cutting through Western Ghats will prompt deforestation and accelerate climate change …

Shrouded in controversy

A mountaineering expedition into the Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve revives the debate on ecotourism and people's rights over forests.

The cold rush

What has India got to show after 20 years on the Antarctica research bandwagon? Lack of focus

Melting Hindu Kush Himalayas will decrease water in river basins by 2100, warns ICIMOD

Contribution of water from glaciers to Ganges, Brahmaputra and Indus will increase through 2050, then decrease by 2100

High altitude, high pressure

Ladakh's leadership is alive to many problems. But, challenges are not easy

Panchayati Raj: A good beginning

But will there be a place for traditional institutions in modern local self-governance?

More energy, Less wastage

Solar is Ladakh's way out of the diesel trap

Re-schooling ladakh

Eight years of reforms have turned government schools around in Leh district

An attractive Place to go

Tourism's footprint is too big for Leh's infrastructure

A farewell to farms

Ladakh survives on its farms. But can agriculture survive government policies?

Change carbon-intensive lifestyles to save Ladakh, Sonam Wangchuk appeals to people

Might consider hunger strike if Ladakh is not protected under the Constitution’ Sixth Schedule, the innovator tells Down To Earth 

"Subsidy culture has killed local agriculture"

Thupstan Chhewang, Chief Executive Councillor and chairperson of the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council (LAHDC) speaks to Down To Earth.

Ladakh on the move

Ladakh is the one region in India where sustainable development is the only way ahead. Dry toilets, water efficient crops, cooperative farming, a …

Science and Technology - Briefs

The past and present of rivers

Author(s): Karuna Futane We are a generation that has turned flowing fresh water rivers to rivers of sewage and garbage. We have lost rivers. …