to put a brake on vanishing Himalayan glaciers and shrinking snow cover, a 'Society of Indian Glaciologists' was recently proposed by eminent environmental scientists and glaciologists all over the

The weed Lantana camara is being used to make furniture and can give the economy a boost

A rare tree whose extracts are used for an anti cancer drug is being felled illegally

The Himalayas are seismically an active mountain belt and require long term planning of townships and other long term measures to mitigate disasters

Beneath the lofty Himalayan ranges lie extremely hot and radioactive rocks, the origin of which has remained a point of debate among geologists for years now. Recently, Audrey Huerta, a geophysicist

RITA ANAND looks at changes in Himalayan forest cover in historical perspective, focusing on the Kaghan Valley in northern Pakistan