Himalaya

Breaking the impasse of 2013

The year 2013 was a wasted one. How can 2014 be different? When I look back on the year, I think of a cacophony.

Publication Date:

13/01/2014

Tags:

Goa, Mining, Hydroelectricity, Environment Clearance (EC), Himalaya, Natural Disasters, Ecosystems, Public Hearing, Environment Management, Wildlife, Forests, Coastal Regulations, Sunita Narain, CSE, Environment

Climate Change

Himalayas lost 13 % of glaciers in forty years

Amid controversy and debate over the precise impact of global warming on the Himalayas, glaciologists analysed a massive cache of data on the mountain range and have concluded that it lost 13 per c

Publication Date:

09/01/2014

Author(s): Divya Gandhi

Source: Hindu (New Delhi)

Tags:

Himalaya, Glacial Melt, Global Warming, Scientists, Geological Survey Of India (GSI), IPCC, Climate Change

Water Resources

River flows likely to improve this year: Suparco

A mapping study carried out by the Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission for the period between 2008 and 2013 has shown that snow cover over the Indus River basin during the winter of last

Publication Date:

08/01/2014

Source: Dawn (Pakistan)

Tags:

Pakistan, Water Resources, Rivers, South Asia, Himalaya

Climate Change

Generation and validation of the interferometric SAR DEMs from TanDEM-X data for Gangotri and Hamtah glaciers of Indian Himalayas

TanDEM-X SAR mission was launched in June, 2010 with an aim to generate high resolution global DEMs of HRTI-3 specification. Considering this, it is very important to evaluate the accuracy of the DEM generated using TanDEM-X InSAR data over the rugged terrains of Indian Himalayas. This paper presents the results of an evaluation study of the DEMs generated through interferometric technique using TanDEM-X data over two Indian Himalayan glaciers viz. Hamtah and Gangotri.

Publication Date:

01/01/2014

Author(s): Ankurb Pandit, Raaj Ramsankaran, Y.S.Rao

Source: Procedia Technology

Vol:

14

pp:

793-805

Tags:

Glaciers, Climate Change, Himalaya, Remote Sensing

Climate Change

Flood risk and climate change: global and regional perspectives

A holistic perspective on changing rainfall-driven flood risk is provided for the late 20th and early 21st centuries. Economic losses from floods have greatly increased, principally driven by the expanding exposure of assets at risk. It has not been possible to attribute rain-generated peak streamflow trends to anthropogenic climate change over the past several decades. Projected increases in the frequency and intensity of heavy rainfall, based on climate models, should contribute to increases in precipitation-generated local flooding (e.g. flash flooding and urban flooding).

Publication Date:

01/01/2014

Author(s): Zbigniew W. Kundzewicz, Shinjiro Kanae, Sonia I. Seneviratned, John Handmere, Neville Nichollsf, Pascal Peduzzig, Reinhard Mechlerh, Laurens M. Bouweri & et al

Source: Hydrological Sciences Journal

Vol:

59

Issue:

1

pp:

1-28

Tags:

Climate Change, Floods, Climate Impacts, Rainfall Pattern, India, China, Pakistan, IPCC, Rivers, Hydrology, Drainage, Urbanisation, Landslides, Glacial Melt, Monsoons, Urban Habitat, Himalaya, Natural Disasters

Water Resources

Ground water scenario of Himalayan region, India

Studies and investigations taken up by the Central Groundwater Board and other agencies have helped generate a vast amount of data in a comprehensive manner which has been collated to provide a glimpse of ground water scenario of the Himalayan regions.

Publication Date:

01/01/2014

Author(s): Sushil Gupta

Source: Central Ground Water Board

Tags:

Groundwater, Himalaya, India, Water Resources, Groundwater Recharge, Hydrology, Surface Water, Groundwater Quality

Dams/ Irrigation

More storage dams must to avert Uttarakhand type tragedy: expert

Construction of hydro power projects in a planned manner is unlikely to interfere with stability of the Himalayas which offer maximum unexploited hydro power potential, says an expert.

Publication Date:

16/12/2013

Source: Hindu (New Delhi)

Tags:

Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand), Dams, Hydroelectricity, Himalaya, Natural Disasters, Bhagirathi, Dams/ Irrigation

Environment

Norway aid for mountain development

The government of Norway has agreed to provide $25 million to support the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (Icimod), an INGO, in sustainable mountain development for improve

Publication Date:

11/12/2013

Source: Kathmandu Post (Nepal)

Tags:

Nepal, Development, Sustainable Development, Himalaya, Climate Change, Food Security, Norway, Water Resources, South Asia, Climate Adaptation, Air Pollution, Environment

Environment

Indian forces endangering Siachen glacier: Aziz

Adviser to the Prime Minister on National Security and Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz said on Wednesday that the presence of Indian forces on Siachen glacier is a serious environmental threat to Pakis

Publication Date:

05/12/2013

Source: Dawn (Pakistan)

Tags:

Pakistan, India, Glaciers, Environment, South Asia, Conflicts, Himalaya, Water Resources, Climate Change

Climate Change