The Hindu Kush Himalayas (HKH) are facing a huge glacier loss, more than the global average, with mass loss 65% higher than ...

Glaciers across the globe are vanishing at alarming rates, with those in the Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH) region experiencing ...

KATHMANDU – Raging water disrupted life in Thame village—home to some of Nepal’s famed Sherpas—when a glacial lake in the ...

It is common knowledge that the world’s glaciers have been melting. What is not common knowledge is that the pace has ...

From the Andes to the Hindu Kush Himalaya, UNESCO warns that many of the planet’s glaciers are melting at unprecedented rates ...

He has hiked across the Hindu Kush mountains and hidden out in caves with guerrilla fighters. In Kabul he was an eyewitness to the factional struggles that ravaged the city out of which the ...

The International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) has responded to a series of alarming reports from United Nations agencies, confirming that many glaciers in the Hindu Kush ...

XI’AN, Mar 13 (China Economic Net) - Northwest University (NWU) and Karakoram International University (KIU) are planning to conduct joint scientific expeditions in Pamir-Hindu Kush-Karakoram region ...

Snowboarders Musawer Khanzai and Nasima Zirak once trudged up the steep, snowy slopes of Afghanistan's Hindu Kush mountains on foot. However, the Taliban's resurgence shattered their dreams ...

For people who love the mountains and exploring these hidden trails, here are a few glaciers that you must visit before they ...

Climate change is causing major changes in the cryosphere – the ice and snow – in the Hindu Kush Himalaya region. Temperatures are rising faster than ... the challenges posed by natural hazards caused ...