The Himalayan monsoon crisis is getting worse even as total rainfall drops. Find out why longer dry spells followed by sudden cloudbursts are causing deadlier floods, landslides and glacier disasters
India’s Education Data Reveals a strange split; 4,791 schools shut in 2025-26, yet enrolment rose. Here’s what it means for hill states like Himachal Pradesh. Thirteen schools closed somewhere in
Himalayan Geographic Research Foundation July 2026 Abstract Tourism in the Indian Himalaya has grown fast over the last two decades, and it has brought both money and strain to mountain
Trading ancestral land, culture and identity for quick money, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand are facing over 1,700 ghost villages, a sinking Joshimath, and record landslides. Here is the full story
Parties Over Peace is becoming a growing concern across Himalayan hill towns as late-night parties and DJ nights disrupt local communities, wildlife, and mountain tranquility. Discover why Indian law supports
Why the Himalayan soundscape is disappearing under traffic, construction and loudspeakers and what this silent crisis means for wildlife, locals and your own peace of mind. Stand on a ridge
Himalayan overtourism is destroying Shimla, Manali, and Nainital. Discover the shocking truth about water wars, waste mountains, and locals paying the price; and what must change now. Imagine standing in
India is losing trees in the plains and choking the Himalayas with tourist traffic. Here’s what deforestation and Himalayan overtourism are really costing us and what must change now. We
Forest fires in Himalayas are burning thousands of hectares every year. Himachal Pradesh lost 17,471 hectares in 2024 alone. Here is the real story behind the smoke and why we
The Himalayan heat crisis is real, urgent, and already changing forests, water, farming, and daily life across Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Sikkim, and Arunachal Pradesh. Here is what is happening right
Himalayan deforestation is turning India’s coolest mountains into heat zones. 352 sq km of forests lost in 2 years. Here’s what’s happening and what we must do before it’s too
Half of the Himalayas’ 3 million springs have dried up, forcing women to walk miles for water and entire villages to migrate. This water crisis threatens 2 billion people downstream.
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