Prominent environmentalist Sunita Narain on Monday said the freaky weather in Kashmir is clear indicator of climate change in the Himalayan region and maintained that […]
Category: Environment
Environment
World glaciers melting at record rates: Study
A worldwide study has revealed that during 2001 to 2010, glaciers lost ice at an alarming two to three times the average for the 20th […]
Cement factory pollution pesters Khrew; locals take to roads
Demanding an end to pollution from cement factories and illegal mining in the area, hundreds of residents of Khrew in Pulwama district today continued their […]
Experts blame climate change, deforestation for frequent cloudbursts
Experts have expressed concern over the frequent cloudbursts in Kashmir, attributing the unpredictable weather phenomena to climate change and deforestation. In the recent past, cloudbursts […]
Climate change in Himalayas making cloudbursts highly localised
Two cloudbursts in Ganderbal and Shehnag last week have once again brought into focus the extreme weather phenomenon, which is becoming frequent in the fragile […]
Despite overnight rain, weather remains humid in Kashmir
Despite overnight rain, inundating a number of areas and markets, weather remained humid in the Kashmir valley, where dry weather is predicted during the next […]
Experts sound caution on poplar tree felling, say ‘it can be disastrous’
With Government undertaking a challenging task to axe nearly two crore Russian poplar trees across Kashmir, studies have revealed that the problem of seed dispersal […]
SMC seizes van stocking 200 kg polythene
The enforcement squad of Srinagar Municipal Corporation today caught red handed a van bearing no JK01L- 9152 with 200 kgs of banned polythene at Fruit […]
Wular Lake falls to encroachments, pollution, siltation
Encroachments, rampant plantation of willows and siltation are eating up Wular Lake. One of Asia’s largest freshwater lakes, Wular, situated in north Kashmir, is fast […]
Kashmir lake faces threat from encroachment
Hokersar lake in Kashmir, which attracts birds from various parts of the world including as far as Siberia, is facing a threat from massive encroachments […]