United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has issued a stark warning about the impacts of climate change, revealing that Nepal’s snow-capped mountains have lost nearly one-third of their ice over the past three decades.

Climate change is causing decreased snowfall and increased high-altitude precipitation. A warming world is turning what should have been heavy snowfall into extreme mountain rain, somewhat exacerbating dangerous floods like those that devastated Pakistan

A team of researchers recently studied the growth of snow algae blooms on Mount Gassan during the spring season. The researchers collected and analyzed snow samples from different elevations along the mountain to understand how the algae grows.

Himalayas are spread from Hindkush to the valleys of Arunachal. They are said to be the crown of India. World’s tallest peak Mount Everest at 29,029 ft (8,848 m) situated in the Himalayas.