The taxi turned towards Phyang, a small village in the Ladakh mountain desert on the Tibetan plateau, with nothing but barren desert on either side. In front of me lay miles of broken road and ...

In the far north of India, a cold mountain desert is the stunning backdrop to an unprecedented icy structure. This is a land of extremes, where rainfall is scarce and temperatures range wildly from ...

The cold desert that ladakh is, it receives scanty rainfall. There have been no reservoir-linked irrigation systems. The traditional yura system of irrigation caters to areas near the tokpo. Vast ...

The ice stupa project in Chile was inspired by the original one founded in India, where communities in the Ladakh Valley are using the mini glaciers to get them through the dry months. University of ...

The University of Aberdeen are working with partners to enhance an innovation that is providing vital water in some of the most arid places on the planet. Ice Stupas are artificial glaciers used for ...

Education reformist Sonam Wangchuk, who took it upon himself to reinvigorate the rapidly depleting glaciers in Ladakh by making ice stupas, in a Facebook on Monday announced that the ice stupa contest ...

Stamps are to create awareness about depleting glaciers and affect on the ecology around the Himalayas. Over 12 villages in Ladakh have built ice Stupas this year in various villages.With the ...

Glaciers are not just spectacular indicators of climate change as they shrink and disappear due to global warming. They are also, for many communities, an irreplaceable source of fresh water. During ...

It's midnight at 3,500m (11,000ft) above sea level, the coldest time of the day, in one of the coldest places on the planet. In the middle of winter, temperatures here plunge to -30C (-22F). A group ...