Japanese scientists say that the shrinking of two glaciers has accelerated in the past 10 years and could disappear due to 'significant warming'
Three Himalaya glaciers have been shrinking over the last 40 years due to global warming and two of...
Aug 2, 2011
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Scientists say desertification of the mountain grasslands of the Tibetan plateau is accelerating climate change
by Jonathan Watts, Guardian
Like generations of Tibetan nomads before him, Phuntsok Dorje makes...
Sep 26, 2010
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Boulders, sand and melt pools have replaced some Himalayan glaciers, while others are virtually extinct, eyewitness observes
You read about climate change, you hear about glacial retreat. But it is not until you get up in...
Aug 15, 2010
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Bursting Glacial Lakes, Storm Surges and Drought Among the Dangers
By Kunda Dixit, Himal
Namgye Chumbi was weeding his potato garden in the village of Phakding in...
Mar 18, 2010
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By Kenneth Hewitt, China Dialogue
Part III of a three-part series
Glaciers and their immediate...
Feb 12, 2010
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By Kenneth Hewitt, China Dialogue
Part II of a three-part series
As we saw in part one, climate...
Feb 9, 2010
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By Kenneth Hewitt, China Dialogue
Part I of a three-part series
Glaciers are quite sensitive to...
Feb 7, 2010
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A Look Back at the Year and Decade
The past decade has brought the dangers of climate change into sharp relief, often most clearly...
Dec 31, 2009
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As anthropogenic climate change gets more serious and more harmful, something happens to the earth...
Oct 21, 2009
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Looking at pictures of the Andean ridges, running like exposed spinal columns down the Western...
Oct 6, 2009
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