Microplastic pollution in the Himalayas: Occurrence, distribution, accumulation and environmental impacts

A Talukdar, S Bhattacharya, A Bandyopadhyay… - Science of the total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Microplastics have been reported from various ecosystems including lakes, ponds,
wetlands, mountains, and forests globally. Recent research works showed microplastic …

A critical review and prospect of NO2 and SO2 pollution over Asia: Hotspots, trends, and sources

MMMF Jion, JN Jannat, MY Mia, MA Ali… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Nitrogen dioxide (NO 2) and sulfur dioxide (SO 2) are two major atmospheric pollutants that
significantly threaten human health, the environment, and ecosystems worldwide. Despite …

Microplastics in the high-altitude Himalayas: assessment of microplastic contamination in freshwater lake sediments, Northwest Himalaya (India)

K Neelavannan, IS Sen, AM Lone, K Gopinath - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
In this study, we assess the magnitude, type, and sources of microplastic (MP) in lake bottom
sediments collected from freshwater Anchar Lake, located in the Kashmir Valley, Northwest …

A review of particulate pollution over Himalaya region: Characteristics and salient factors contributing ambient PM pollution

MA Hassan, T Mehmood, J Liu, X Luo, X Li… - Atmospheric …, 2023 - Elsevier
The Himalayas, which include delicate and unspoiled ecosystems, have the third-largest
glacier ice store in the world. Recent research reveals that anthropogenic and natural factors …

Are Himalayan ecosystems facing hidden collapse? Assessing the drivers and impacts of change to aid conservation, restoration and conflict resolution challenges

S Dhyani - Biodiversity and Conservation, 2023 - Springer
The Himalayas are a global hotspot for biodiversity and endemism, and yet the health of its
natural ecosystems is deteriorating rapidly. Natural ecosystems across the Himalayas are …

Garbage burning in South Asia: how important is it to regional air quality?

E Saikawa, Q Wu, M Zhong, A Avramov… - Environmental …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Increasing air pollution in South Asia has serious consequences for air quality and
human/ecosystem health within the region. South Asia, including India and Nepal, suffers …

Exploring the potential of machine learning for simulations of urban ozone variability

N Ojha, I Girach, K Sharma, A Sharma, N Singh… - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
Abstract Machine learning (ML) has emerged as a powerful technique in the Earth system
science, nevertheless, its potential to model complex atmospheric chemistry remains largely …

Temporal and spatial variations of satellite-based aerosol optical depths, angstrom exponent, single scattering albedo, and ultraviolet-aerosol index over five polluted …

R Singh, V Singh, AS Gautam, S Gautam… - Aerosol Science and …, 2023 - Springer
It is widely acknowledged that factors such as population growth, urbanization's quick
speed, economic growth, and industrialization all have a role in the atmosphere's rising …

The great glacier and snow-dependent rivers of Asia and climate change: Heading for troubled waters

DJ Molden, AB Shrestha, WW Immerzeel… - Water security under …, 2022 - Springer
The glacier-and snow-fed river basins of the Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH) mountains
provide water to 1.9 billion people in Asia. The signs of climate change in the HKH …

Variability of ambient black carbon concentration in the Central Himalaya and its assessment over the Hindu Kush Himalayan region

PK Singh, B Adhikary, X Chen, S Kang… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract During 2015–2018, eight black carbon (BC) monitoring sites were established in
Nepal and Bhutan to fill a significant data gap regarding BC measurement in Central …