Dehradun: Unregulated riverbed sand mining has become a "rapidly intensifying geohazard" in the Himalayan region, triggering "profound and potentially irreversible changes to river morphology, ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Conservation geneticist Adarsh Man Sherchan is one of the leading experts keeping track of the impacts that Nepal’s dozens of dams are having on ...

Environmentalists, scientists, and activists have voiced serious concerns over the impact of ongoing development in the Himalayan region. At a recent meeting at the Doon Library and Research Centre, ...

Lifeline of the Eastern Himalayas: The Teesta River is known as the Lifeline of the Eastern Himalayas. Flowing through the beautiful mountain regions of Sikkim and North Bengal, the river plays a ...

Plans by China and India to construct hydropower dams on a major Himalayan river raise the prospect of deadly environmental and humanitarian catastrophes for millions of people living downstream, ...

The rains this year in Uttarakhand came with a fury that felt both familiar and new. Rivers swelled within hours. Roads cracked and vanished. Hillsides gave way as terrified families ran uphill, ...

On a cold January morning in the high-altitude region of Spiti in the Indian Himalayas, a team of researchers set out to study the disappearing snow in the mountains. Along the trail, they stopped to ...