Pioneering University of Stirling-led research has revealed the diverse and damaging impact Himalayan balsam has on river ...

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 ...

Learn why the Brahmaputra is called the 'Sky River of the Himalayas.' Discover its origin, path through India, and facts ...

FALLING WATER: The braids on the Yarlung Tsangpo (Barhmaputra) near Lhasa before it enters a series of gorges where the world's largest hydroelectric plant is being built by China. Photo: KUNDA DIXIT ...

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

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Conservation geneticist Adarsh Man Sherchan is one of the leading experts keeping track of the impacts that Nepal’s dozens of dams are having on ...

The Indus or Harappan Civilisation was a Bronze Age society that developed mainly in the northwestern regions of South Asia from 5300 to 3300 years ago, at about the same time as urban civilisations ...

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 ...

Low per capita water availability and a high relative level of water use makes South Asia one of the most water scarce regions of the world. For the first time, the International RiverSymposium (IRS) ...

A three-year study led by Dr James Hardwick, a Lecturer in Earth Sciences at the University’s Faculty of Natural Sciences, ...