by The Third Pole | Jun 16, 2018 | Climate Change, Home, Rivers, Sustainable Living
I, recently, came across real news about Pakistan, which merit sharing and commenting. According to a July 2017 article by Carole Dalin at the University College, London as well as fellow authors, in the journal Nature, which is the world’s top journal for scientific...
by The Third Pole | Jun 1, 2018 | Biodiversity, Climate Change, Home, Rivers
The Ganga, which is already in bad shape due to increasing pollution and decreasing water, is now also swiftly moving away from its banks in Patna, the capital of the Indian state of Bihar. No scientific attempt has been made to deal with the crisis, warn experts and...
by The Third Pole | May 23, 2018 | Climate Change, Home, Rivers
Recent analysis suggests that China’s economic security is imperilled by water shortages and that a crisis is looming. Indeed, a water crisis often seems to lurk just around the corner, particularly for Beijing. There are certainly serious issues of water supply and...
by The Third Pole | May 1, 2018 | Biodiversity, Home, News, Wildlife
The smallest member of pig family (pygmy hog or porcula salvania) is an endangered species. It was once found in a thin strip of wet grassland plains in the Himalayan foothills: from Uttar Pradesh to Assam and through Nepal’s terai areas and Bengal’s duars. It was...
by The Third Pole | Apr 4, 2018 | Climate Change, Home, Rivers, Sustainable Living
Of all Himalayan nations, China has made the most progress toward hydropower development. This has been driven by three major factors. Firstly, China has insufficient reserves of fossil fuels to meet the needs of its growth aspirations. The ongoing (13th) 5 year plan...
