Climate Change |The Third Pole

Why are landslides so deadly in Nepal?

September 14, 2020

Despite having the highest fatality rate in the world relative to population, Nepal’s authorities have failed to face up to landslide risks, with haphazard road building and climate change making things worse
India’s child activists lead the fight against climate change

September 14, 2020

Concerned about the dangers of climate change and environmental degradation, children in India have taken to activism, demanding their rights to a better future
Extreme rainfall events have more than doubled in Himalayas

September 10, 2020

New studies show the chance of sudden, catastrophic river flooding in the western Himalayas has doubled as climate change leads to an increase in extreme rainfall events
Pakistan’s centuries-old Bakarwal community faces dual threat

September 09, 2020

Changing weather patterns and a lack of support from forestry departments mean the future is uncertain for nomadic pastoralists
Dams and embankments worsen floods in Assam

September 07, 2020

Instead of fertile silt, sand is being deposited on farmland along rivers in Assam during the annual floods
Global survey using NASA data shows dramatic growth of glacial lakes

September 04, 2020

In the largest-ever study of glacial lakes, researchers have found that the volume of water in these lakes worldwide has increased by about 50% since 1990