Thorthormi lake: Bhutan's impending climate disaster

Mission to reduce chances of glacial lake's outburst fails to achieve target

Himalayan states also face risk of glacial lake outburst floods

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

Natural disasters: why are we always so unprepared?

Government agencies merely shift blame but take no action to plan and prepare ahead

Uttarakhand disaster was result of extreme rains and haphazard development: report

National Institute of Disaster Management suggests guidelines and action plans for development activities after compilation of comprehensive data

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 …

Nepal's glacial cover depleting fast, fresh water crisis predicted

Increasing number of glaciers indicates melt and fragmentation, says study

What really happened in Uttarakhand

Latest theory suggests combination of rain and landslides caused the disaster

Kyrgyzstan's glaciers at risk

Ninety four per cent of the country’s glaciers may melt by the end of this century and the situation is only aggravated by gold mining in …

New method developed to map and monitor glacial lakes

The Object-Based Image Analysis method’s advantage is that it can help map even a glacial pond as small as 100 square metres with high precision

Half of glaciers in Satluj basin may disappear by 2050: Study

The Satluj basin has total of 2026 glaciers of different sizes totaling 1426 sq. kilometers area. Smaller glaciers will melt faster

Widen met station network in Himalayas to better predict extreme weather: Panel

The Centre should put in place and strengthen weather forecasting technology to warn about cloudbursts, flash floods and glacial lakes, the …