The 15 families in Komik, the world's highest village, recently installed three diesel-guzzling threshers even though reseeding glaciers have reduced their farm yields by a third in the past decade
The 15 families in Komik, the world's highest village, recently installed three diesel-guzzling threshers even though reseeding glaciers have reduced their farm yields by a third in the past decade
The 15 families in Komik, the world's highest village, recently installed three diesel-guzzling threshers even though reseeding glaciers have reduced their farm yields by a third in the past decade
The 15 families in Komik, the world's highest village, recently installed three diesel-guzzling threshers even though reseeding glaciers have reduced their farm yields by a third in the past decade
Remote sensing shows us glacial retreat, but we need ground data to see the change in the volume - Parmanand Sharma, scientist, National Centre for Antarctic and Ocean Research
The Impact of Khardungla road is clearly visible on Khardung glacier, its one side is covered in black soot - Renoj Thayyen, Glaciologist, National Institute of Hydrology
The Impact of Khardungla road is clearly visible on Khardung glacier, its one side is covered in black soot - Renoj Thayyen, Glaciologist, National Institute of Hydrology
The Impact of Khardungla road is clearly visible on Khardung glacier, its one side is covered in black soot - Renoj Thayyen, Glaciologist, National Institute of Hydrology
Now weather has become unpredictable and extreme. So water conservation has become a priority - Tsering Wangdush, a farmer from Ladakh’s Nang village