Explore the conflict between Uttarakhand's Rung community and Hindu devotees over the sacred landscape of Om Parvat.
Mountain snow and meltwater from glaciers in the Himalayas determine how much water is available for drinking, farming and ...
Scientists may have just toppled a 100-year-old theory about what holds up the highest mountain range on Earth, new research shows. The Himalayan mountains formed in the collision between the Asian ...
The Himalayas are home to a vast diversity of species, consisting of 10,000 vascular plants, 979 birds and 300 mammals, including the snow leopard, the red panda, the Himalayan tahr and the Himalayan ...
New Delhi: A new study shows that in just one winter, the previous best available Himalayan snowfall analyses underestimated ...
Standing at nearly 9,000 meters tall and growing more each day, the Himalayas are the world’s largest and also youngest mountain range. It notably includes Mount Everest, which staggers above sea ...
A study on Rulung Glacier in Ladakh found that rising temperatures are intensifying interactions between meltwater and the rocks below the ice.
The Himalayas are every adventurer’s dream – those towering peaks, those winding roads, and that overwhelming feeling of grandeur that humbles even the most experienced traveler. But the truth is that ...
The Western Himalayas brace for extremely heavy rain, cloudbursts and landslides between July 21 and July 23. Here is the ...