Where is Roopkund Lake, and how many skeletons have been discovered there? – The latest scientific research on their origins ...

For many years, scientists have been discussing whether the population in mountain regions is increasingly at risk from meltwater floods, as melting glaciers release more and more water. A small ...

While many lakes worldwide are shrinking, the northern Tibetan Plateau is experiencing a dramatic expansion. Satellite images ...

Melting ice doesn’t just mean rising sea levels — it can reshape life as we know it. Scientists shocked by acceleration of ...

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CHENNAI: Images of melting glaciers are perhaps the most common representation of climate change. Glaciers around the world are melting at an alarming rate due to global warming. A recent study by ...

Pilgrims are being fast-tracked into ‘spiritual tourists’. This places impossible demands on the vulnerable Himalayan region ...

A recent study by researchers from Nagaland University and Cotton University has sounded alarm bells over the rapid shrinkage of glaciers in Arunachal Pradesh. The study, published in the Journal of ...

as sudden floods caused by glacial lake outbursts can be destructive. Despite the urgency of the issue, research on the Eastern Himalayas remains limited. This study contributes to the ...

Dehradun: A team of scientists from IIT Bhubaneswar has developed the "country's first" Glacial Lake Outburst Floods (GLOF) ...

Other lakes are dammed by moraines left behind by glacial melting. In the Himalayas, Alaska and Patagonia in particular, the potential danger posed by moraine-dammed lakes for settlements and ...