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SHIMLA -Himachal Pradesh’s Spiti Valley in Lahaul-Spiti district has been recognized as India’s first Cold Desert Biosphere Reserve under UNESCO’s prestigious Man and the Biosphere (MAB) program. With ...

Snowfall in deserts is mainly the result of sharp temperature swings. Many deserts lie far from oceans or are located at high altitudes, both of which allow heat to escape quickly after sunset. In ...

New Delhi: India’s cold desert in Ladakh undergoes a striking transformation each winter when snowfall settles across the plateaus of Hanle and Changthang. The winds that shape the region’s dunes ...

Some deserts naturally get winter snowfall due to extreme temperature drops. Snow appears in places like the Gobi, Great Basin, Patagonia and even parts of the Sahara. Snowmelt provides rare but vital ...

Before the sun rises over the jagged ridgelines around Kibber village in Himachal Pradesh’s Lahaul-Spiti district, 43-year-old Kalzang Gurmet is already on the move. On days when the monitoring site ...

Antarctica, the world’s largest desert, challenges the common idea that deserts are always hot. Despite being covered in ice, ...