It's unclear what caused the deadly break, but scientists are predicting more. Warming temperatures across the globe are changing landscapes and threatening local cities and communities. A devastating ...

High in the Himalayas, glacial lakes and bodies of water are growing, and the landscape is responding in dangerous ways. As meltwater carves new lakes into the mountains, scientists are concerned ...

A landslide of 251,000 tons swept through Dharali, diverted the river, and destroyed nearly 60 percent of its infrastructure ...

Glaciers are one of the largest reservoirs of freshwater on our planet, and their melting or growing is one of the best indicators of climate change. However, knowledge of glacier change has been ...

RUDRAPRAYAG, India — Rescuers in northern India worked Monday to rescue more than three dozen power plant workers trapped in a tunnel after part of a Himalayan glacier broke off and sent a wall of ...

SHIMLA, (IANS) – The reduced snowfall in the Himalayas increases glacial lakes that pose a growing risk of lake outburst floods in the Himalayas, warn glaciologists. They call for increasing ...

Pollution-laden dust storms are depositing black carbon on the Himalayas. New research from INSTAAR’s Karl Rittger and collaborators reveals the process. Regional pollution is speeding up snow melt in ...

What are snow-fed rivers of India? Learn about Himalayan rivers, their origin, characteristics, major river systems, ...

The Himalayas house some of the most breathtaking glaciers in the world. Yet there is one that calls out to the imagination like no other: the Siachen Glacier. Described by many as the “Crown of the ...