High levels of black carbon pollution in the north-eastern Indian city of Guwahati is responsible for accelerating glacier melt in the Himalayas, according to new research by scientists.

The Pakistan-India military stand-off at the Siachen glacier in the frozen mountains of Kashmir is speeding up glacier melt as well as costing lives, say experts.

A review of recent research on permafrost on the Tibetan plateau published in July 2010 in Earth-Science Reviews.  

Sharp increases in temperature driven by global warming are melting China’s Himalayan glaciers, according to this study carried led by the Chinese Academy of Science. It was published in Environmental Research Letters, October 2011.

http://www.rrcap.unep.org/abc/ ICIMOD and UNEP are both participating in this project and manage two climate observatories in Nepal. It may expand its efforts in gathering and disseminating black carbon research and knowledge

http://www.icimod.org/publications/index.php/search/publication/734 This paper was originally prepared by Dr Richard L Armstrong as part of a larger USAID report. It is a good introduction to the state of glaciers in the region

The Third Pole Environment programme aims to attract relevant research institutions and academics to study environmental change processes and mechanisms on the third pole and their influences and regional responses to global changes. It is sponsored by the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the National Natural Science Foundation of China and the Chinese Ministry of Science […]