Indian mountain range
A controversy erupted on the projected speed of glacial melt in the Himalayas after the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) erroneously quoted non-peer reviewed study in 2009 stating Himalayan glaciers were likely to disappear altogether by 2035. They later admitted it as...
A world heritage site goes unprotected as stakeholders argue.
The Western Ghats, a mountain range in Southwest India, is perhaps the country’s most ecologically sensitive spot. It’s also a UNESCO world heritage site. The Ghats has an estimated 5000 species of...