A research shows that the health of the majestic Gangotri glacier that feeds the river Ganges has been affected, as the maximum temperature in the region has shot up by 0.9 degree Celsius and snowfall ...

India admitted that global warming was severely affecting Himalayan glaciers and the Gangotri glacier, the source of river Ganga, was shrinking by 83 feet every year. Minister for Science and ...

Chaturangi glacier, a tributary of the Gangotri glacier, is retreating at a “considerable rate” and may vanish in the future, according to a research paper accepted to be published in the Current ...

The Uttarakhand high court on Thursday disposed of the public interest litigation filed by Delhi-based activist Ajay Gautam in a case pertaining to the formation of an artificial lake near Gangotri ...

DEHRADUN: A study by Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, Dehradun revealed that the Gangotri glacier receded 63m in last 360 years. "Winter warming in the western Himalayan region has been found to ...

Agricultural burning and forest fires could trigger large-scale glacial melting in the Gangotri glacier as summer approaches. According to an Indian Ministry of Science & Technology notification, the ...

Dehradun: A new scientific study has revealed that climate change is altering the water composition flowing from the Gangotri Glacier System (GGS), the source of the River Ganga in the central ...

About 64 per cent of the discharge from the Gangotri Glacier -- which feeds the Ganga river -- comes from the melting of fallen snow, while 21 per cent comes from the melting of glaciers, researchers ...

Kolkata: A research shows that the health of the majestic Gangotri glacier that feeds the river Ganga has been affected, as the maximum temperature in the region has shot up by 0.9 degrees Celsius and ...

Chaturangi glacier, a tributary of the Gangotri glacier, is retreating at a “considerable rate” and may vanish in the future, according to a research paper accepted to be published in the Current ...