Tag: lakes

In the aftermath of the cloudburst in Amarnath cave on Friday which claimed several lives, the Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir, Manoj Sinha, chaired one high-level meeting to assess the situation and progress of the rescue operation as well as maintenance work carried out in the affected area. ...

Hailed as one of Asia’s largest freshwater lakes, Wular is shrinking with an urgency hard to reverse. A flood basin for the Kashmir Valley, parts of the lake have turned into shallow streams, with vast expanses of the area covered in silt and dotted with solid waste.Around 34 km ...

SRINAGAR, Jammu and Kashmir Known as the Venice of the East for its pristine waters, the capital of Indian-administered Kashmir, Srinagar, has become a dumping ground for sewage and pollution, including plastic waste, over years of inattentiveness, experts say.Years of conflict and apathy from officials have left the region's lakes ...

Seated on a carpet on the floor of the Buddhist monastery in Itanagar, Phuntsok Wangchuk cuts a lonely figure on a Friday morning. With a rather flimsy surgical mask covering his nose and mouth, the lama or monk, appears to still be taking Covid-19 precautionary measures when most people ...

New Delhi: The volume of glacial lakes worldwide has increased by about 50 per cent since 1990 as glaciers melt and retreat due to climate change, show 30 years of NASA satellite data.Lake Imja, a glacier lake near Mount Everest in the Himalaya has grown to three times its ...

#Pakistan News The volume of lakes formed as glaciers worldwide melt due to climate change has jumped by 50% in 30 years, according to a new study based on satellite data. "We have known that not all meltwater is making it into the oceans immediately," lead author Dan Shugar, ...

CALGARY -- In the largest study of glacial lakes ever conducted, researchers using satellite data from NASA and Google Earth have found the volume of water in glacial lakes has increased by 50 per cent since 1990 as glaciers melt due to climate change. Lead researcher Dr. Dan Shugar, ...

Glacial lakes have grown rapidly around the world in recent decades, according to satellite images that reveal the impact of increased meltwater draining off retreating glaciers. Scientists analysed more than quarter of a million satellite images to assess how lakes formed by melting glaciers have been affected by global ...