Review and synthesis of climate change studies in the Himalayan region

VS Negi, DC Tiwari, L Singh, S Thakur… - Environment …, 2022 - Springer
There are a few regions in the world, where climate change impacts are more intense than
other regions of the world, and Himalaya is the case. The Himalaya, one of the biodiversity …

Sustenance of Himalayan springs in an emerging water crisis

R Verma, P Jamwal - Environmental monitoring and assessment, 2022 - Springer
Springs are a significant source of high quality and perennial freshwater supply for remote
communities and sustain rich biodiversity and ecosystems in the Himalayas. About 60–70 …

An assessment of the water quality index (WQI) of drinking water in the Eastern Himalayas of South Sikkim, India

N Dutta, BK Thakur, M Nurujjaman, K Debnath… - Groundwater for …, 2022 - Elsevier
The current research was performed to evaluate the Water Quality Index (WQI) from the
South Sikkim district, India, in the Eastern Himalayan region. Due to the rapid development …

[HTML][HTML] Depleting spring sources in the Himalayas: Environmental drivers or just perception?

A Pandit, O Batelaan, VP Pandey, S Adhikari - Journal of Hydrology …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Study region Rangun Khola Watershed, Mahakali River Basin, Far Western Nepal.
Study focus We mapped and examined the status of 1122 springs in a typical mid-hill …

[HTML][HTML] Preference, perceived change, and professed relationship among ecosystem services in the Himalayas

K Aryal, T Maraseni, A Apan - Journal of Environmental Management, 2023 - Elsevier
The demand side of ecosystem service (ES), especially preference and perception of supply
and interactions among ES, is an important yet underexplored research area for landscape …

Identification of groundwater potential zones in data-scarce mountainous region using explainable machine learning

K Dahal, S Sharma, A Shakya, R Talchabhadel… - Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Groundwater is a critical resource, yet its detailed assessment in mountainous regions is
challenged by varying topography, complex hydrogeological characteristics and limited …

Photocatalysis for arsenic removal from water: considerations for solar photocatalytic reactors

F Silerio-Vázquez, JB Proal Nájera… - … Science and Pollution …, 2022 - Springer
The following work provides a perspective on the potential application of solar
heterogeneous photocatalysis, which is a nonselective advanced oxidation process …

Climatic impacts on spring disappearance in the Indian Himalayas

N Sahu, SK Mallick, P Das, A Saini… - … , Natural Hazards and …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Due to climate change the drop in spring-water discharge poses a serious issue in the
Himalayan region, especially in the higher section of Himachal Pradesh. This study used …

[HTML][HTML] Ecohydrological and hydrogeological dynamics of groundwater springs in Eastern Himalaya, India

M Kumar, S Sen, H Kulkarni, S Badiger… - Groundwater for …, 2024 - Elsevier
Groundwater springs are critical to achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDG 6,
access to clean water) in the Himalaya and remain highly vulnerable to climate change and …

Evaluating the drivers of groundwater spring discharge in Sindh basin of Kashmir Himalaya

HA Sheikh, MS Bhat, A Alam, S Ahsan… - Environment, Development …, 2024 - Springer
Mountain springs are the only water source for most of the communities in the Kashmir
Himalayas. However, over the past two decades, the discharge of these springs has …