This story appears in the April 2017 issue of National Geographic magazine. High in the Himalaya, a desert is turning green. Climate change in the Indian region of Ladakh has shrunk glaciers and ...

Despite the increasing temperatures, scientists discovered an interesting phenomenon occurring in the Himalayas that keeps the glaciers colder than similar locations worldwide. The world's tallest ...

Glaciers in the Himalayan regions are experiencing the impact of climate change, losing billions of gallons of glacial water annually, according to officials from the International Centre for ...

Images from Cold War spy satellites have revealed the dramatic extent of ice loss in the Himalayan glaciers. Scientists compared photographs taken by a US reconnaissance programme with recent ...

The IPCC’s landmark Fourth Assessment Report in 2007 said the probability of glaciers in the Himalayas “disappearing by the year 2035 and perhaps sooner is very high.” But there is no ...

Climate change poses a growing threat to the glaciers found in the Hindu Kush and Himalayan mountain ranges, according to a new report. The study found that if CO2 emissions are not cut rapidly ...

Two-thirds of the Himalayan glaciers — that constitute Mount Everest— will melt by the year 2100 if the rise in temperature continues at the same pace. Even if governments try to control the ...

Himalayan glaciers disappeared 65 percent faster since 2010 than in the previous decade. Reduced snow cover due to global warming will result in reduced fresh water for people living downstream.

Wangchuk emphasized the dire importance of the Hindukush Himalayan glaciers, upon which approximately 2 billion people rely. These glaciers are a vital water source for numerous countries ...

A section of a 2007 report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) said the probability of glaciers in the Himalayas “disappearing by the year 2035 and perhaps sooner is very ...

ADE: There are hundreds of glaciers in Bhutan and tens of thousands across the Himalayas as a whole. Outside the polar regions it’s the largest store of ice anywhere in the world. It’s why ...