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Asia world's most disaster-prone region in 2023: WMO
![According to officials, the Border Roads Organisation (BRO) has initiated efforts to clear the road (representative image) (photo: PTI)](https://media.assettype.com/nationalherald%2F2024-04%2Fcb76496d-5c57-4847-8653-14930c3bc7fd%2F20021_pti2_20_2020_000062b.jpg?rect=0%2C0%2C3788%2C2131&auto=format%2Ccompress&fmt=webp&w=300)
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Uttarakhand: Glacier melts above Munsiyari, cuts off Indo–China road
![Rain scrubs the aerosols out of the sky in much the same way as a washing machine acts to clean clothes (photo: National Herald archives)](https://media.assettype.com/nationalherald%2F2024-04%2Febbdd25a-9d00-4207-8a1a-656a3a2b9a02%2Fozone.jpeg?rect=0%2C0%2C496%2C279&auto=format%2Ccompress&fmt=webp&w=300)
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The Southern Ocean has the cleanest air on Earth. We have just discovered why
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Ice melting in Antarctica affecting Earth's rotation and timekeeping: Study
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Record-breaking global warming leads to missing spring in India
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Winter snow deficit poses growing risk of GLOFs in Himalayas
![A houseboat on the river Jhelum
is stranded as water levels
dip to a 70-year low (photo: Green Stories/ Raashid Andrabi)](https://media.assettype.com/nationalherald%2F2024-01%2F778ff65f-988e-48cd-8092-5e592b33e9ee%2FH_B_Gulshan_Rose__a_houseboat_on_the_Jhelum_river__is_stranded_for_the_first_time_in_nearly_100_year.jpg?rect=0%2C0%2C1400%2C788&auto=format%2Ccompress&fmt=webp&w=300)
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No snow in the Himalayas, why India should worry
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Glacial lakes worldwide expanding fast since 1990: Study
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Risk of glacial lake outburst floods in 'Third Pole' increasing: Study
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2023-24 El Nino among five strongest on record, will continue fuelling heat in 2024: WMO
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No blue skies, too few Neelkanths—another canary in India’s coal mine?
![The World Economic Forum (WEF) report highlights the severe consequences of climate change, projecting an additional 14.5 million deaths and $12.5 trillion in economic losses by 2050. (photo: DW)](https://media.assettype.com/nationalherald%2F2020-01%2Fade54c78-7d9d-4690-9b65-4b1ec9fb865c%2F47180396_403.jpg?rect=0%2C0%2C940%2C529&auto=format%2Ccompress&fmt=webp&w=300)
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