Infographic: How the Indian Himalayan region has been altered by climate change

The mean temperature of the Himalayas has gone up by 0.6°C in the past 30 years

The Himalayas need springs rather than extravagant temples

Mega-reconstruction of Kedarnath Dham raised concerns among scientists, environmentalists and religious experts

How have dams increased disasters in the Himalayas?

One report shows that hydropower projects act as force multipliers when cloudbursts happen close to them

Yeti: The Ecology of a Mystery

Yeti: The Ecology of a Mystery is the extraordinary story of one man’s conservation impact and what it means for people to be part of the …

From the blurbs

Steaming stones

Book review: Hands around Everest

National boundaries can serve as links rather than instruments of division -- so expounds this book. Cooperation between nations, it says, is the …

Himalayan plunder: Suspend all current massive infrastructural activities, until proper impact assessment

Studies, including the recent space satellite images shared by ISRO, have found that the town has been sinking for a while

Moving mountains: Here is how India’s upland regions can be sustainably developed  

The approach to direct mountains towards sustainable development should evolve by drawing attention towards a disciplinary perspective, …

‘Yeti is a vehicle to connect with our wild past’

While the India Army claims to have seen tracks of the mythical Himalayan monster in snow, here’s an interview of American scholar Daniel C …

Sandakhpu trek: attempt at saving the Himalayas

The trekking community should come together and establish a sort of trust and social enterprise to save the fragile environment of the mountains

'Himalayan region will have earthquakes greater than magnitude 8 in the future'

Interview with Rebecca Bendick, Geologist and Professor at the department of geosciences in the University of Montana

‘We know where earthquakes can strike, but never when’

Mike Searle, lecturer at the Department of Earth Sciences, Oxford University and senior research fellow in Worcester College, Oxford, tells …

Automatic warning

Posting humans to inhospitable sites in the Himalaya to monitor snow and wind patterns may soon be unnecessary

Rivers from Himalayan major uranium source

Climate changes alter height of Himalayan range

The average height of the Himalay has been going down over the last two million years because of climatic changes, surveys indicate.

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Perfect recipe

That can help remove kidney stones

Climate vulnerability maps developed for Himalayan states

Vulnerability to climate change varies from state to state and district to district, it also depends on various socio-economic factors

Why Uttarakhand celebrates Harela

The seeds of five to seven types of crops are sown nine days ahead of the festival

Researchers studied US spy-sat images of Himalayan glaciers. What they found is alarming

The third pole has been losing 8 bn tonne ice every year during 2000-2016. Blame global warming

Taste the Himalayas

The leaves of faran have a distinct fragrance and are of high medicinal value

Experts advise community-led forest conservation in Himalayas

Being major biodiversity hotspots, forests provide critical goods and services like timber and firewood

High fever

Quaking mountains

The Himalayas are seismically an active mountain belt and require long-term planning of townships and other long-term measures to mitigate disasters