Abstract. Tree-ring ?18O values are a sensitive proxy for regional physical climate, while their ?13C strong predictor of local ecohydrology. Utilizing available ice-core and tree-ring records from the central Himalaya (CH), we found an increase in east–west climate heterogeneity since 1960s. Further, transitional western glaciated valleys provide robust basis reconstructing about 3 centuries g...

Abstract Detrital zircon geochronology has rapidly evolved into a powerful tool for reconstructing the assembly and dispersal processes of supercontinents. Currently, history Gondwanaland remains highly controversial. Here we focus on detrital Gondwana (Carboniferous–Permian Kokaha Diamictite Jurassic–Cretaceous Sapt Koshi Formation) post-Gondwana (Miocene Tamrang sequences Lesser Himalaya in e...

Many ayurvedic texts mention arbuda which is considered as an equivalent of cancer. Vagbhata mentions arbuda of mouth, tongue, eyes, nose, breast and uterus. Caraka and Susruta also provide plenty of information on this dreaded group of diseases. Considering the importance of this disease in present day health care, the authors mention in this paper several plants of the Himalaya, used in the t...

With the exception, perhaps, of the tract of country lying at the base of the Himalaya Mountains known as the Terai, or the special region of malaria, the most unhealthy part of Bengal is the triangular piece of country which lies in the hollow, which is bounded by the high banks of the Rivers Ganges and Madhimati on the north and east, the elevated laterite soil districts of the Sonthal Pargan...

Ideas and action which lead to change and development at the grassroots need to be pushed ahead, very swiftly, after the initial period of learning. In this spirit, Grassroots has been actively involved in scaling-up grassroots development across the villages in the central and western Himalaya in India. The idea of writing some thoughts on this matter in the ELP newsletter, provides Grassroots...

Traditional medicinal knowledge has gained much attention recently due to rejuvenation of faith in traditional system of medicines. The Indian Himalaya is a source of plant based indigenous medicinal knowledge based on local plant diversity. Surveys were conducted in Rudraprayag district of Uttarakhand, India to collect indigenous information on primary health care. 29 formulations using 159 pl...

A new genus and species of pseudosigmurethrous orthurethran pulmonate of the family Cerastidae, Darwininitium shiwalikianumgen. n. and sp. n. is described from the Lesser Himalaya of Nepal. It represents the first record of an orthurethran with a fully developed pseudosigmurethrous pallial system, having a completely closed secondary ureteric system. Biogeographically this new taxon provides a ...

Cordyceps sinensis is age old herb in traditional Chinese herbology. Cordyceps species, including C. sinensis, C. militaris, C. pruinosa and C. ophioglossoides. It has been widely used as, antioxidant, anticancer, neuroprotective, nootropic, aphrodisiac and hepatoprotective. In Uttarakhand Cordyceps sinensis found in high altitudes of Western Himalaya. It is locally named as Keera Jari. In this...

Abstract. The study evaluates the global glacier inventories available for area viz., RGI, GAMDAM and ICIMOD, with newly generated Kashmir University Glacier Inventory (KUGI) three Himalaya basins; Jhelum, Suru Chenab in north-western Himalaya, comprising of 2096 glaciers spread over an 3300 km2. KUGI was prepared from Landsat data supplemented by Digital Elevation Model, Google Earth images li...

Hypsarhythmia was originally spelled with one 'r' by Drs Frederick and Erna Gibbs when they coined the term in 1952.