Receding Glaciers

DIMINISHING HOPE

Glaciers in Jammu and Kashmir are receding at a faster rate compared to other glacial regions in the world. In Suru basin alone, we have lost about 16% of glaciers in the last 40 years. Similarly, we have lost 18% of the Kolhai glacier, the main source of drinking water and irrigation in the valley More

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We’re losing KOLHAI

18 Percent Glacier Lost In 3 Decades

ARIF SHAFI WANI

RAPID melting of one of the largest glaciers of Kashmir Himalayas, Kolhai, mainly due to global warming and pollution has evoked concern among the environmentalists who stress for immediate measures to at least minimize its melting rate.Kolhai has shrunk 18 percent during past three decades due More

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Sharing and generating knowledge

WATER RESOURCES IN J&K

Dr. Riyaz Punjabi

WATER TOWER OF ASIAWATER is the most precious natural resource on our planet and without it life on earth would be non-existent. More than half of humanity relies on the freshwater that accumulates in mountainous regions like Himalayas. With glacier coverage of 33,000 sq. kms More

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Why do we need to study Himalayan Glaciers

Prof. Syed Iqbal Hasnain

THE Himalayan cryosphere is very sensitive to sustained changes in atmospheric temperature and humidity. The intergovernmental panel on climate change (IPCC) recognizes glaciers as best terrestrial indicator of climate change, due both to their sensitivity to climate variations and clear visibility More

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GLACIERS are our strategic assets

M Saleem Beg

THE debate about the impact of climate change on food and water security is yet to receive the attention it deserves in the overall discourse on the future of Kashmir. Unfortunately other security concerns have shadowed real and long term dangers to our very survival. The impending disaster due to More

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Impact of CLIMATE CHANGE on Himalayan Ecosystem

PROFESSOR SYED IQBAL HASNAIN

THE panoramic splendour of Himalaya has inspired and challenged humans for centuries for its high peaks to be conquered and visit sites of great spiritual inspiration. Himalayan ecosystems, however, are rapidly changing under the influence of global and regional warming. They are susceptible to accelerated More

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When tourists turn saviors

Tale of two foreigners who came to Kashmir to enjoy its beauty, ended up cleaning garbage in the Dal

ARIF SHAFI WANI

BRAVING scorching sun, pungent smell and taunts of locals, Heidi Jurt of Switzerland and Angela Posh of Germany rummaged through piles of garbage littered in Jogi Lanker Channel, the most polluted part of Dal lake. They scavenged for hours in narrow waterways and rested only when their shikaras were More

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THE RISK, THE REMEDY

Climate Change In Jammu & Kashmir

Dr Shakil Ahmad Romshoo

CLIMATE change will have impacts not only on environment but also on society and economy. That is why climate change has been rightly identified as a thrust area of research by global community. The potential consequences of climate change have been established beyond any doubt at the global level More

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SIACHEN under THREAT

THE Siachen Glacier – known as third pole of earth- is melting at an unprecedented rate due to the presence of Indian and Pakistani militaries. Military presence in the most fragile zone is not only causing melting of Siachen but health of other Himalayan glaciers is being badly affected. The glacier More

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A CAUSE OF CONCERN

Fast receding glaciers can wreak havoc in the Valley

Rauf Tramboo

IT is said that the third world war will be fought not for any land but for the water distribution. Global warming, which is already a cause of melting glaciers, ice sheets and snow cover at alarming rate, could also speed up the rate at which the planet heats up, causing rise in sea levels, flooding More

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Conservation of Srinagar water bodies: Some suggestions

Dr. A Majeed Kak

A number of causes, not one, are responsible for the deterioration of our city lakes including Dal, Nageen, Anchar and Hokhar Sar, Gil Sar and Khushal Sar. The formation of floating islands both from the peripheries and in the centre of these water bodies is one of the biggest problems that has More

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