Pioneering University of Stirling-led research has revealed the diverse and damaging impact Himalayan balsam has on river ecosystems. A three-year study led by Dr. James Hardwick, a Lecturer in Earth ...

The average percentage change in river discharge, or river flow, per year, is increasing over much of High Mountain Asia. Red and orange represent decreases in river discharge and blue represents ...

Rivers play a crucial role in shaping India’s geography, agriculture, and civilisation. Among them, snow-fed rivers are the ...

Dehradun: Unregulated riverbed sand mining has become a "rapidly intensifying geohazard" in the Himalayan region, triggering "profound and potentially irreversible changes to river morphology, ...

Much of the Indus civilization developed around an extinct river, challenging ideas about how urbanization in ancient cultures developed, scientists have discovered. The Indus or Harappan Civilisation ...

The Himalayan Mountains tower over some of the most rugged terrain and harshest climate conditions on the planet. Melting snows from Mount Everest, K2, and hundreds of other snow-capped peaks carve ...

If one were on the lookout for the region with the most meagre potential for cooperative management of its transboundary river basins, South Asia would be a strong contender. Merely to mention the ...

ISLAMABAD: The Abu Dhabi Dialogue Group comprising seven states sharing the rivers rising in the Greater Himalayas is expected to meet early next month to adopt a joint initiative to minimise the ...