News

Retreating glaciers — rivers of ice shrinking back as the world warms — are the most tangible and direct evidence of climate ...
A Himalayan village in Nepal has vanished — emptied by climate change. Samjung, perched in the high-altitude Upper Mustang ...
A changing climate The Hindu Kush and Himalayan mountain regions — stretching from Afghanistan to Myanmar — hold more ice than anywhere else outside the Arctic and Antarctic.
The Hindu Kush and Himalayan mountain regions — stretching from Afghanistan to Myanmar — hold more ice than anywhere else outside the Arctic and Antarctic. Their glaciers feed major rivers that ...
Dehradun: Scientists and policymakers from across India have concluded a landmark workshop to finalise the first set of standardised guidelines for mo.
Snowfall in Asia's Hindu Kush-Himalayan mountain range has reached a 23-year low, threatening nearly two billion people dependent on snowmelt for water, scientists warned in a report. The Hindu ...
A changing climate The Hindu Kush and Himalayan mountain regions—stretching from Afghanistan to Myanmar—hold more ice than anywhere else outside the Arctic and Antarctic. Their glaciers feed major ...
Myanmar is on "a path to self-destruction" if violence in the conflict-wracked Southeast Asian nation doesn't end, the UN envoy has warned. Julie Bishop told the UN General Assembly that ...
Floods remain the leading cause of disaster-related deaths in the region, with over 72 percent occurring during the summer monsoon.
Myanmar has been severely impacted by the March earthquake, and the economic aftershocks are compounding ongoing challenges faced by firms and households, according to a new World Bank report.