Ghanashyam Kharel
Ghanashyam Kharel
Sikkim's springs discharge 50% lesser over the last decade
Posted on 19 Mar, 2014 11:36 PMThe Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report predicts large scale changes in temperature and precipitation over the Asian land mass. In the mountains, this translates to less snow, more intense but shorter episodes of rainfall and insufficient groundwater recharge, thereby resulting in the drying up of water sources.
