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29 Dec 2023 | Cryosphere and water

Around 500 climbers, including four Indians, conquer Mt Everest in 70th anniversary year of first successful summit

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Official data showed that since 1953’s Hillary-Norgay summit, around 7,000 mountaineers have successfully scaled Mt Everest while over 300 have lost their lives.

4 Dec 2023 COP28
Report reveals ‘catastrophic loss’ to Himalayan glaciers ‘even at 2C’

With COP28 underway in Dubai, researchers say climate negotiations should pay more attention to mountain regions, particularly the Hindu Kush ...

10 Dec 2023 GLOFs
2m face Glacial flooding in Pakistan

Fifteen million people worldwide are at risk of glacial lake flooding, with two million of them in Pakistan, according to ...

11 Dec 2023 Video News
Video: South Asia’s glacial lakes at risk of flooding

Global warming is causing glacial lakes in mountainous regions of South Asia to flood suddenly--sometimes with fatal results.

19 Dec 2023 Global
COP28 spotlights key climate battle: Saving Himalayan ice

From Afghanistan to China, vanishing glaciers risk floods and drought for billions

9 Dec 2023 Video News
VIDEO: न हिमालमा पहिलेजस्तो हिउँ छ, न जङ्गलमा पशुपक्षी

अन्नपूर्ण क्षेत्रका दलबहादुर गुरुङ अहिले ७० वर्षको उमेर पुग्दा बाल्यकालमा हुँदा जस्तो हिमालमा हिउँ पर्न छाडेको अनुभव सुनाउँछन्। जलवायु परिवर्तनका कारण ...

15 Dec 2023 GLOFs
More Than 7,000 Lives Lost to Glacial Lake Outburst Floods in High Mountain Asia

This was revealed by a new dataset released by the Kathmandu-based ICIMOD on Friday; Impacts from GLOF events have increased ...

9 Dec 2023 Floods
Melting Glacier will flood India and disrupt its water supply

Frozen water, in its various forms, bears the brunt of climate change. In the mountainous expanse of the Hindu Kush ...

Permafrost thaw, a ticking time bomb beneath our feet

Permanently frozen terrain covers 22% of the Earth’s surface. This area is more than 112 million square kilometres. People call ...