State of India’s Environment report of 2024 sounds alarm bells on the Himalayas
Himalayas in dire straits, one or more ‘tipping points’ already crossed, leading to faster and irreversible changes in the region’s climate system: State of India’s Environment 2024 report
44 per cent of India’s disasters happened in Himalayas between 2013 and 2022. Floods, landslides and thunderstorms had the lion’s share
Hindu Kush Himalayas has seen a 65 per cent faster loss of glacier mass.Ice-melt from glaciers is creating new glacial lakes. Triggered by cloudbursts, these lakes overflow and cause floods
The State of India’s Environment 2024 report is available on sale here: https://csestore.cse.org.in/default/books/state-of-india-s-environment-2024.html
Nimli (near Alwar), February 29, 2024: Between 2013 and 2022, the Himalayan region in India accounted for 44 per cent o...