There are 718 snow leopards in India, as per a report on the Status of Snow Leopards in India released by Union Minister of Environment and Forest Bhupender Yadav on Tuesday.
Kashmir is likely to receive light snow and rain next week, bringing an end to the prolonged dry spell in the valley, the weather office said on Friday. Kashmir is currently under the grip of "Chilla-i-Kalan", a 40-day harsh winter period when a cold wave sweeps the region and temperatures drop considerably leading to the freezing of water bodies as well as water in pipes.
As winter blankets the Indian subcontinent, nature transforms into a wonderland adorned with pristine snow. The charm of snowfall is a spectacle to behold, and there's no better way to experience it than by visiting the top hill stations in India. In this article, we will explore some of the most enchanting hill stations that promise a snowy retreat this winter.
Antarctica might be a vast ice sheet today, but it wasn't always so. Portions of the southern continent once featured expansive trees, forests, and even animals. However, approximately 30 million years ago, shifting climate conditions encased the region in ice, leaving the landscape suspended in time.
In recent years, billions of snow crabs have disappeared from the ocean around Alaska due to warmer ocean temperatures which likely caused them to starve to death, as per scientists, CNN reported.
The presence of the elusive snow leopards in Jammu and Kashmir's Kishtwar High Altitude National Park has been confirmed by a research team of Department of Wildlife Protection through camera trap photographs, an official statement said on Tuesday.
The entire North Indian belt continued to reel under an intense cold wave on Sunday, with several areas of Rajasthan recording temperatures below freezing point. Shishram Dhaka, the Zonal Director of research at Agricultural Research Station (ARS), Fatehpur-Shekhawati said that -4.7 degree celsius temperature was recorded at Fatehpur-Shekhawati. Meanwhile, Rajasthan's hill station, Mount Abu recorded at -4 degrees Celsius. 4 to 5 inches 'of thick snow was seen in the area.