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The Third Pole is a multilingual platform dedicated to promoting information and discussion about the Himalayan watershed and the rivers that originate there. The region that encompasses the Hindu Kush Himalayas mountain range and the Tibetan Plateau is widely known as the Third Pole because its ice fields contain the largest reserve of freshwater outside the polar regions. This region is the source of the 10 major river systems that provide irrigation, power and drinking water to over 1.9 bill...

[By Riyan Sobhan Talha] Twice a week, 50-year-old Brajasundari loads a collection of jerrycans on...

Bestselling authors have rounded up a selection of their favourite books of the year. Among the picks is A Swim In A Pond In The Rain by Booker winner and teacher George Saunders.

Local residents and activists complain that the Gezhouba Shieli cement plant in Kazakhstan is polluting a village’s air, water and soil

Fast-melting Himalayan glaciers has significant implications for hundreds of millions of people who depend on Asias major river systems for food and energy, say University of Leeds experts.

Reiterating that the accelerating melting of the Himalayan glaciers threatens the water supply of millions of people in Asia, a new study has said that the Himalayan glaciers have lost ice 10 times more quickly over the last few decades than on ...

The Himalayan glaciers are melting at an “exceptional rate,” which is threatening the water supply for millions of individuals in Asia, according to a new study.

Reiterating that the accelerating melting of the Himalayan glaciers threatens the water supply of millions of people in Asia, a new study has said that the Himalayan glaciers have lost ice 10 times more quickly over the last few decades than on average since the last major glacier expansion 400-700 years ago, a period known as the Little Ice Age.

South Asian region is facing an environmental watershed from rising sea levels endangering the Maldives and melting of glaciers affecting Nepal and Afghanistan

South Asian region is facing an environmental watershed from rising sea levels endangering the Maldives and melting of glaciers affecting Nepal and Afghanistan