India’s Ganges River shifted abruptly due to a distant yet massive earthquake around 2,500 years ago, new geologic evidence suggests. Such changes have been observed in other rivers in recent times ...
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The Ganges River is drying faster than ever – here’s what it means for the region and the world
The Ganges, a lifeline for hundreds of millions across South Asia, is drying at a rate scientists say is unprecedented in recorded history. Climate change, shifting monsoons, relentless extraction and ...
India's holy Ganges begins as a crystal clear river high in the icy Himalayas but pollution and excessive usage transforms it into toxic sludge in places on its journey through burgeoning cities, ...
Every twelve years, tens of millions of men, women and children gather on the flood plain of the Ganges and Yamuna Rivers in Allahabad, India, for the Kumbh Mela, the largest gathering of humanity for ...
Gulls land on the Ganges River in Varanasi, India, in 2015. (Debal Sen) Sudipta Sen visited Himalayan pilgrim towns along the Ganges River with his family as a 4-year-old, and ingested small teaspoons ...
Mehebub Sahana receives funding from the Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellowship. He is affiliated with The University of Manchester, UK. The Ganges, a lifeline for hundreds of millions across South ...
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