India Water Portal

Documentary review: 'Songs of the water spirits' and the changing water realities of Ladakh

A review of Nicolò Bongiorno's award-winning documentary, Songs of the Water Spirits. Explore Ladakh's struggle against ...
PBS

Climate change forces major lifestyle changes high in the Himalayan mountains

Research published last year shows the massive Himalayan glaciers have shrunk 10-times faster over the past four decades than during the previous seven centuries. It threatens agriculture and the ...
The Arts Desk

The Wall of Shadows review - a holy Himalayan mountain and a Sherpa family's dilemma

This beautiful, meditative film by director and climber Eliza Kubarska (K2: Touching the Sky) captures the power of the Himalayas with great intensity. Plot strands, though interesting, pale into ...
Los Angeles Times

Himalayan glaciers could lose 80% of volume if global warming is not controlled, study finds

BENGALURU, India — Glaciers are melting at unprecedented rates across the Hindu Kush Himalayan mountain range and could lose up to 80% of their volume this century if greenhouse gas emissions aren’t ...
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Nepal hosts environment conference as Himalayan glaciers melt

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — An environment conference opened in Nepal on Friday to discuss global climate change, including the impact on the highest Himalayan peaks where snow and ice are melting. The ...
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Himalayan glaciers could lose 80% of their volume if global warming isn’t controlled, study finds

BENGALURU, India -- Glaciers are melting at unprecedented rates across the Hindu Kush Himalayan mountain ranges and could lose up to 80% of their volume this century if greenhouse gas emissions aren't ...