Paradise Lost: Kashmir’s Vanishing Glaciers, Waters, and Forests
A black flag waved ominously over a pile of rocks next to a soccer goal, in Gani Memorial Stadium in Srinagar, Kashmir. It was June 11, the first day of the World Cup.
Kashmir's tourist houseboats may shut down due to pollution, overcrowding.
The Kolahoi glacier in Kashmir is receding at a rate of nearly 10 feet (3 meters) a year.
"I'm not going to Kashmir," said my brother defiantly. We were in the ticket line at the New Delhi airport about to board a flight to Srinigar, the capital of Kashmir.
As I looked at the Himalaya Mountains, from my window, on a flight from New Delhi to Kashmir last week, I realized that something was missing. Snow.
On October 5 2005, a magnitude 7.6 earthquake struck Pakistan, Afghanistan, and India. The eighth most destructive earthquake on record, an estimated 75,000 people were killed.
People across the globe are learning that the glaciers in the western Himalaya are receding as fast as any place on the planet. But few know how the glacier's recession is measured.
Rebecca Byerly reports for Voice of America on the struggling houseboat industry in Kashmir.
Disputed territory faces challenges as impact of climate change begins to take its toll.
While people across the globe are becoming more aware that the glaciers in the western Himalaya are receding, few know how information about the glaciers, weather systems, and river levels in remot
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Rebecca Byerly is a free-lance journalist, producer, and adventure athlete. Reporting for Al Jazeera English, CNN.com, National Geographic, and Voice of America, she has covered stories...