Climate change profoundly impacts Himalayan communities, jeopardizing food security
across all dimensions: availability, accessibility, utilization, and stability. However, existing …

The study focused on groundwater evaluation of the trans-Himalayan region using a novel
concept of Hybrid Analytic Network Process (ANP)-entropy and Holt's exponential …

The identification of projected changes in temperature caused by global warming at a fine-
scale spatial resolution is of great importance for the high-altitude glacier and snow covered …

Water is a valuable and limited resource in semi-arid regions like Ladakh. Effective
management and conservation of water are crucial to prevent negative consequences on …

Health concerns have arisen worldwide as a result of contaminated food and water. This
study was aimed to determine the levels of selected heavy metals ie cadmium (Cd) …

This study investigates the potential impacts of future climate change on crop water
requirements (CWR) in different climatic zones of Pakistan and the subsequent implications …

Due to its peripheral location and formidable geography, the livelihood of people in Leh
mostly depends on locally accessible resources, particularly livestock, tourism, horticulture …

Ladakh is characterized by a cold desert and fragile ecosystem that is geographically
connected to the Western Himalaya and highly susceptible to changing climate. In the …

Livelihood vulnerability index (LVI) was employed to identify the differential vulnerability of
two villages to climate change effects, which are located at different altitudes (Chushul at …

Climate change and human interventions over the past few decades have significantly
affected the groundwater resources in Ladakh Himalaya. Sparse or lack of suitable data and …