Glacial lakes threaten millions with flooding as planet heats up
Millions of people in the Himalayan Hindukush, Karakoram and Pamir regions as well as other mountainous regions are facing vulnerability
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Climate Change
Rulers have snatched our dreams
By Ashiq Ali Broghil, the most neglected valley in Hindu Kush Mountains, need government attention The Pamiri Wakhi people live
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Cheesemaking in Nepal under threat
Reviving pastoralist traditions might hold the key to building a more resilient community, economy, and environment BY AASTHA UPRETY Nepal’s Langtang
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One billion people will live in insufferable heat within 50 years: study
Scorching heat will envelop 185m people in Pakistan; human cost of the climate crisis will hit harder and sooner than previously believed,
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Earth Day 50
News Desk Earth Day was first organized in 1970 to remember and appreciate the environment, and our responsibilities and roles
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A glacial surge in Hunza
by Peter Deneen. Less than one percent of the world’s glaciers are characterized as “surge-type” glaciers. The Karakoram in High
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Drone tech makes communities resilient to natural disasters
File photo of the confluence of Khurdopin and Yokshin Glacier and blockade of Verjherav glacio-fluvial stream. Credit: MIMCP HAH Report
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Climate change: Ladakh’s nomads and pashmina wool’s future
Each family has several hundred goats, all of which need to be moved separately so they don’t get mixed up
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In conversation with Chomsky: Pakistan, India, religion, and climate change–III
In this last installment of the three-part article based on correspondence between Hassan Mirza and Professor Noam Chomsky, the internationally-acclaimed
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Five soldiers among 15 more killed by avalanches in Astore, Neelum Valley
Death toll surges to 110 in recent devastating snow and weather-related incidents
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Death toll rises to 100 in weather-related incidents
Over 76 confirmed dead and 94 injured in AJK’s, 31 in Balochistan and 2 in GB News Desk The
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‘Most ice on earth is very close to melting conditions’
Even if we change our emissions now, we are committed to a lot of ice melt, says Prof. Kääb. Image
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Grass growing around Everest as global heating intensifies
Impact of increase in shrubs and grasses not yet known but scientists say it could increase flooding in the region
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Major states snub calls for climate action as UN summit wraps up
MADRID: A handful of major states resisted pressure on Sunday to ramp up efforts to combat global warming as a
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Observatories advancing tourism impact monitoring at destination level
News Desk Observatories from all around the world, as well as other stakeholders from the public, private and academic fields
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