Nestled 16,500 feet up in the Indian Himalayas ... describes a mass pilgrimage to the shrine of a mountain goddess, called Nanda Devi, near the lake. According to the study authors, the song ...

A disaster risk reduction hub for the Hindu Kush Himalayas inaugurated, Sacred groves recognised as forests. Read our news ...

Gurudongmar – a tourist attraction - and South Lhonak in Sikkim, Samadar Tapu in Himachal Pradesh and a few lakes in Ladakh are among those water bodies ranked high to very high hazard potential.

Spurred by the floods of 2023, Sikkim has launched a mission to develop a homegrown model for mitigating Glacial Lake ...

Kathmandu-based International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, which specialises in Himalayan hazards, estimates that up to 200 glacial lakes across the Himalayas are in a dangerous state.

Picture Courtesy: Sikkim Government Scientists have classified 50 glacial lakes in the Himalayas as “very highly hazardous”, at risk of glacial lake outburst floods (GLOFs) triggered by the collapse ...

Climate change poses a growing threat to the glaciers found in the Hindu Kush and Himalayan mountain ranges, according to a new report. The study found that if CO2 emissions are not cut rapidly ...

First in the world to develop scientific approaches to glacial lake outburst There have been concerns in Bhutan and Nepal in recent years about the danger of glacial lake outburst floods resulting ...