Srinagar, Aug. 20 -- Srinagar - The western Himalaya, encompassing Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh, is warming faster than the central and eastern stretches of the Himalayan range and could lose vast quantities of seasonal snow by the end of this century if greenhouse gas emissions remain high, a new scientific study has warned.

The study, based on 120 years of observed temperature records and projections from eight global climate models, finds that the western Himalaya consistently emerges as the most climate-sensitive section of the Indian Himalayan region-warming more rapidly and losing more snow than other parts of the range under every emissions pathway examined.

Published in the Journal of Earth System Science, the ...