Women’s role in ecosystem restoration
by Ali Rehmat Shimshali Have you ever imagined progress of a society, or a nation without women? To answer this
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Climate Change
Climate change catastrophe is here and now
Unprecedented flash floods, water scarcity, dying glaciers, abruptly changing weather patterns, rising cases of rare diseases, and climate-change-induced loss of natural habitat are some of the discernible symptoms that are already on display in Pakistan.
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‘Melting glaciers will impact food output in S. Asia’
global warming causes glaciers to start melting earlier in the year, just when crops are being sown. This is favourable, but later in the year, when crops need the most water, there is less meltwater.
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Holistic approach vital for tackling water scarcity: moot
An integrated and seamless approach is the need of the hour to deal with critical issues pertaining to water scarcity
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Shisper glacier surge: societal impacts, interventions
By KOSAR BANO & CHIMI SELDON The Shisper Glacier surge blocking the proglacial Machuhar River, resulting in the formation of an ice-dammed
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Uberisation of farmlands
In the name of saving the climate, big technological and agriculture firms and corporations will uberise farmlands
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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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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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Will border disputes in Himalayas affect climate research?
Scientists hope recent border clashes and the pandemic will not derail the limited progress made on research cooperation over the
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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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