Glaciers feeding key rivers like the Ganga and Indus are shrinking rapidly, threatening the water supply for half of Asia's ...

Among them, the Gangotri Glacier stands out, supplying water to the sacred and economically crucial Ganges River. The glacier’s retreat is not just an environmental concern but a looming ...

Another glacier, Satopanth, which along with Gangotri is the primary contributor of ice melt water of Ganga river, too has been facing increasing melt rates, other studies have found. The minister ...

"We're standing on the Khumbu Glacier ... something like a river coming down from above us with the Khumbu Icefall sliding around the corner here and heading south toward the Ganges Plain in ...