The United Nations Secretary-General warned has warned that Himalayan glaciers are “caving in,” urging immediate action to ...

Monsoon rains can have devastating effects on communities worldwide. Scientists make grim prediction after witnessing ...

"A message to the future." Residents perform powerful ceremony for fading glacier near beloved village: 'We know ... what ...

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — An environment conference opened in Nepal on Friday to discuss global climate change, including the ...

However, snow and ice in the region are collapsing ... heats up, and Himalayan glaciers melt away, perennial rivers like the Ganga, Indus and the Brahmaputra will soon flood and then run dry.

Himalayan glaciers are not just frozen reservoirs of water; they are the lifeblood of South Asia. These colossal ice ... floods downstream. As a result of glacial melting and heavy rainfall, the ...

Recent studies indicate that Himalayan glaciers have been losing over eight billion tons of ice ... melt, is a stark reminder of these interconnected hazards. Similarly, the 2012 Seti River flash ...

The 9,000 gigatonnes of ice lost from glaciers since 1975 are ... and frequency of hazards like avalanches, landslides, flash floods and glacial lake outburst floods. One Peruvian farmer living ...

Climate activist Sonam Wangchuk, back from a US tour where he carried a piece of ice from a glacier in Ladakh to flag how fast they are melting ... increase in flash floods and cloudbursts. Wangchuk, ...

Heavy rains and melting snow led to flash floods in the regions of Pirkanmaa ... water levels have inundated the school's yard. Floods in western Finland are more usual in the spring, when winter snow ...

India is setting up high-tech warning systems at nearly 200 Himalayan glacial lakes at ... many of which pose risks of dangerous flash floods. Teams from India's National Disaster Management ...

The municipality has also said that there is no further risk of flash floods or mudslides from ... and permafrost in the Himalayan region. According to the International Centre for Integrated ...