Drones investigate glacier melt in the Himalayas
May 30, 2014
Scientists have used unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) – also known as drones – for the first time to monitor melting glaciers in the Himalayas more accurately
May 30, 2014
Scientists have used unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) – also known as drones – for the first time to monitor melting glaciers in the Himalayas more accurately
May 28, 2014
It can be riskier to row across the mighty Brahmaputra to get to a health centre than to give birth at home – an everyday reality in north-east India
May 27, 2014
India’s new government has renamed the environment ministry to include climate change, and has asked the water resources minister to clean the country’s holiest river
May 21, 2014
The tale of a New Jersey cancer town shows how the US and China struggle with similar institutional failures, Pulitzer-prize winning journalist Dan Fagin tells thethirdpole.net
May 20, 2014
An expert panel appointed by India’s environment ministry blames hydropower projects for magnifying last year’s Uttarakhand disaster, and the Supreme Court halts 24 projects
May 20, 2014
Efforts to wipe out the pika on the Qinghai-Tibetan plateau will further damage the fragile grasslands, warn campaigners
May 20, 2014
Almost a quarter of glaciers in Nepal and Bhutan have disappeared over the past three decades, according to new research based on satellite data and field studies
May 16, 2014
Under the leadership of Narendra Modi, the Bharatiya Janata Party has swept India’s elections on planks of governance and development. But there has been no talk of sustainability in the campaign
May 15, 2014
No longer able to hide behind US inertia, China faces unprecedented international pressure to peak emissions, says Wang Ke
May 15, 2014
The development of rice seeds resistant to floods and droughts is a boon for Nepal farmers struggling to cope with too much, or too little water