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 ...

The Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) has responded to a series of alarming reports from United Nations ...

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

Climate change and “unsustainable human activities” are driving “unprecedented changes” to mountains and glaciers, a UN report warns.

In all cases, it’s important to leverage local knowledge and actively involve the affected communities. As the Thame glacial lake flooding incident demonstrated, local knowledge is vital to saving ...

Unesco report says Hindu Kush, Himalaya could lose 50pc of glaciers by year 2100; calls for novel solutions to avert disaster ...

The Hindu Kush Himalayan (HKH) region, home to the world's largest ice reserves outside the Arctic and Antarctic, is ...

BEIJING, Mar 13 (APP): Northwest University (NWU) and Karakoram International University (KIU) are planning to conduct joint scientific expeditions in Pamir-Hindu Kush-Karakoram region with the ...

Mt.Pamir are a mountain range in Central Asia, at the junction of the Himalayas with the Tian Shan, Karakoram, Kunlun, Hindu Kush, Suleman and Hindu Raj ranges. The Pamir Mountains lie mostly in the ...

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