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 …

[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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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

HA Sheikh, MS Bhat, A Alam, S Ahsan… - Environment, Development …, 2023 - 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 …

Evaluation of long-term changes in water balances in the Nepal Himalayas

R Talchabhadel, R Chhetri - Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 2024 - Springer
The Himalayan region is one of the world's youngest and greatest mountain ranges, serving
as the source of several major rivers in Asia. Nepal, situated in the middle of the Himalayas …

[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 …

The degradation of spring water resources in Nepal: some policy gaps

R Chauhan, A Shrestha, SE Oh, A Gurung - Water Policy, 2023 - iwaponline.com
In this study, first, we conducted a case study to understand the spring status in a semi-urban
area, then synthesized the knowledge acquired so far, of nationwide springs status to …