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Community health workers working on maternal health of women in India and Pakistan face increased obstacles due to changing rainfall patterns, migration, and social taboos. Meenakshi J from India and Tahira Khan from Pakistan report 

Open access notables Transition from positive to negative indirect CO2 effects on the vegetation carbon uptake, Chen et al., Nature Communications:

Guidelines crucial for safety, which would have helped in the Silkyara tunnel collapse, are being met superficially met for faster completion and cost-cutting.

Dams and barrages with hydropower and irrigation projects are affecting the natural flow of the river, which remains central to the lives of people.

On a journey from mountain to sea, The Third Pole meets people whose lives are intertwined with the nourishing, destructive and evolving Indus.

For a long time, eruptions were a spectacle that drew tourists but caused little damage. But it’s clear we haven’t tamed nature, says Icelandic writer and film-maker Andri Snær Magnason

Chinas new dam projects in the Himalayas could threaten the fresh water for of millions downstream.

It’s been the driest winter in years, but Nepalis are holding out hope that the next few weeks will get some snow and rain to overcome another winter drought

John Kerry, US special presidential envoy for climate, will soon leave his role in order to support Joe Biden in the presidential election.

The Greenland ice cap is losing 20% more ice than previously thought, a new study covered by the Guardian reveals.