Sentences with phrase «kush himalayan»
Pabitra Mukhopadhyay: When it becomes clear that the increasing risk of GLOFs is the outcome of a global trend in climate change and when it is known that the Hindu Kush Himalayan Region has far too many retreating glaciers leaving far too many glacial lakes that may turn into GLOFs, two realities emerge: No single [continue reading...]
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Suman K: The Hindu Kush Himalayan Region spans eight countries of Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Pakistan, India, Myanmar, Nepal and China.
Scientific evidence shows that most glaciers in South Asia's Hindu Kush Himalayan region are retreating, but the consequences for the region's water supply are unclear, this report finds.
BONN: Regional environmental officers from countries home to the Hindu Kush Himalayan (HKH) mountain range, including Pakistan, called on Tuesday for cooperation between the nations to help mountain communities adapt to changing weather patterns caused by global warming.
Figure 8: Monitoring stations in the Hindu - Kush Himalayan (HKH) region.
The Hindu - Kush Himalayan region, including the Tibetan plateau, also functions as a complex interaction of «atmospheric, cryospheric, hydrological, geological and environmental processes that bear special significance for the Earth's biodiversity, climate and water cycles» (48).
The Hindu Kush Himalayan (HKH) region has received much attention as the source of rivers that supply water to 1.3 billion people downstream.
Press Trust of India: Representatives from 16 countries, including India, today started deliberations on the impact of climate change - induced disasters in the Hindu Kush Himalayan region and ways of mitigating them.
The three - day international conference titled «Cryosphere of the Hindu Kush Himalaya: State of the Knowledge» and the Hindu Kush Himalayan Cryosphere Data Sharing workshop began [continue reading...]
Republica: Nepal, India and Bhutan have formally reached an agreement to include a new cross-boundary landscape covering parts of eastern Nepal, Sikkim and the northern parts of West Bengal in India as Kangchenjunga landscape in the Hindu Kush Himalayan Region.
The ICIMOD had supported the all - women K2 expedition as part of its commitment to integrate women into climate change research and adaptation and sustainable development in the Hindu Kush Himalayan (HKH) Region.
India has agreed on a plan to jointly protect and conserve the whole of the Kangchenjunga landscape in the Hindu Kush Himalayan region with Bhutan and Nepal.
Not exact matches
The report examines how changes to glaciers in the Hindu Kush - Himalayan region, which covers eight countries across Asia, could affect the area's river systems, water supplies, and the South Asian population.
Pakistan's largely agrarian economy, Rasul noted, is mainly fed by the Hindu Kush - Karakoram and Himalayan glaciers that are reported receding due to global warming.
BioOne: The Hindu Kush — Himalayan (HKH) region encompasses a mountainous area of more than 4,192,000 km2 in the countries of Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, and Pakistan.
The Glaciers of the Hindu Kush - Himalayan Region.
A summary of the science regarding glacier melt / retreat in the Himalayan, Hindu Kush, Karakoram, Pamir, and Tien Shan mountain ranges.
In terms of snow cover, in the central Himalayan - Hindu Kush region there has been an overall decrease in snow cover, while eastern and western parts of the region have seen an increase.