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Death of winter: Kashmir's shrinking snowfall signals a deeper climate crisis in the Himalayas

India, March 25 -- Kashmir has recorded seven consecutive winters with below-normal precipitation Reduced snowfall is weakening natural water storage, affecting rivers and irrigation Warmer winters ... Read More


Kashmir's dry winter hits apple trade at the roots

Srinagar, March 21 -- Kashmir's run of warm, dry winters is now hitting its apple economy at a new pressure point-nurseries-where saplings are going unsold as farmers delay planting. In Qaimoh in sou... Read More


Dry winter and rising temperatures leave Kashmir's lifeline Jhelum river at historic low

India, March 12 -- The Kashmir Valley is witnessing one of its most unusual early springs in decades, with the river Jhelum, its lifeline, dropping below the zero-gauge level while temperatures surge ... Read More


When the lights go out: How climate change is impacting J&K's energy economy

New Delhi, March 3 -- Srinagar: In Srinagar's Safa Kadal, Nazir Ahmad Parray, a 65-year-old Kashmiri embroidery dealer, remembers winters when snow piled high on rooftops and lingered until March. Th... Read More


When the lights go out: How climate change is impacting J&K's energy economy

Srinagar, March 3 -- In Srinagar's Safa Kadal, Nazir Ahmad Parray, a 65-year-old Kashmiri embroidery dealer, remembers winters when snow piled high on rooftops and lingered until March. This year, Fe... Read More


India's pencil village is running out of wood

Pulwama, Feb. 28 -- Every morning before workers arrive, Feroz Ahmad Bhat walks into his tin-roofed pencil-slate unit in Oukhoo village and counts the poplar logs stacked along the wall. Bhat does not... Read More


How Kashmir is emerging as the home of the world's largest handmade silk carpets

Srinagar, Jan. 31 -- After years of being eroded by machine-made imports, political uncertainty and the slow exit of skilled artisans, Kashmir's carpet industry is repositioning itself at the very top... Read More