Hindu Kush Himalaya

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From the Himalaya to the Arabian Gulf, How Dust Melts Mountains and Changes Seas

Rastraraj Bhandari and Killian Dumont 07/10/2021

Through intercontinental winds blowing in both directions, the crisis...

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Border Disputes Threaten Climate Science in the Himalaya

Lou Del Bello 23/02/2021

The Himalayan region is divided not only by a...

Maxar's satellite image shows an overview of NTPC's under-construction Tapovan Vishnugad Hydropower plant project along the Dhauliganga River in the Uttarakhand region of India before glacial collapse and flash flood

The Science and the Political Economy of the Rishi Ganga Flood

R. Sreedhar 11/02/2021

The damages being wrought on the third pole are...

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Climate Change: People of Asia’s Mountains Face Severe Food Insecurity

Nivedita Khandekar 19/09/2019

In only five years since 2012, the rural mountain...

Hindu Kush Himalaya, climate change, thermal power plant, coal power, NITI Aayog, Composite Water Management Index, Central Electricity Authority, renewable energy, water shortage, river basins, Ganges, Brahmaputra, hydroelectric power, water risk, solar energy, water stress,

The World Needs More Energy but Has Less Water to Spare for It

Deepak Krishnan 05/12/2018

Over 70% of India’s existing thermal-power utilities are likely...