Pakistan is deficient in forest resources, as only 5 percent of total geographical area of the country is under forest cover and that, too, is under pressure due to various factors, including use of forest lands for non-forestry purposes and illegal logging.

Water shortages mostly due to poor management

To give an impetus to the study of Indian glaciers, The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) has signed a first-of-its-kind Memorandum of Understanding with the Indian Mountaineering Federation (IMF), hoping to combine the scientific study and assessment of India

LONDON: The massive Antarctic iceberg is

The mighty Siachen glacier was once 150 kilometres long and was covered with 600 mt of ice. The glacier length today stands at only 74 km, following a melting in the Holocene era 8,000 years ago writes Kalyan Ray

China will start backing up its shrinking glaciers with 59 meltwater reservoirs this year as the cost of climate change hits home in the world's most populous nation.