Neelima Vallangi

In one of the world’s ‘hottest hotspots’ of biodiversity, an all-female team have turned a patch of forest into a haven for orchids, ferns, succulents and carnivorous plants

Text and Photos by Neelima Vallangi

Aerosols in the atmosphere scatter sunlight and have a cooling effect — yet they also exact a heavy toll on human well-being

By Neelima Vallangi

With 2024 crossing the global temperature goal, and the U.S. withdrawing from the Paris Agreement, changes that were expected by 2100 are now imminent in the coming decade

By Neelima Vallangi

The proceeds from yarsagumba fungus have bought mod cons and motorbikes from China to remote Dolpo, bringing convenience – as well as noise, pollution and uncertainty

By Neelima Vallangi

Venezuela has lost its last remaining glacier after it shrunk so much that scientists reclassified it as an ice field. Scientists reclassify Humboldt glacier, also known as La Corona, after it melted faster than expected.

By Neelima Vallangi

Researchers find many countries unprepared for influx of new species and will be vulnerable to bites

By Neelima Vallangi

While high-altitude mountaineering comes with an inherent avalanche risk, global heating is exacerbating the danger during the climbing season in the Himalayan mountain range, experts warn.

By Neelima Vallangi

Exporting churpi, herders’ smoked yak cheese, has transformed lives in remote Himalayan villages

By Neelima Vallangi

In high-altitude Nepal, one Sherpa village has more Everest summiteers than anywhere else on Earth. Why?

Story & Images by Neelima Vallangi

A trio of ambitious Nepali climbers are among those reshaping the country’s male-dominated mountaineering industry

By Neelima Vallangi

This film tells three stories of people suffering from the dramatic consequences of climate change. Their Nepalese communities are already being affected by floods and drought. Their suffering is a direct result of human-made climate change.

A feature length film by Neelima Vallangi & Deej Phillips
https://www.dw.com/en/the-weight-of-water-the-human-cost-of-climate-change/a-61166002

One-horned species was nearly extinct before poaching was curbed. Now the climate crisis could pose a greater threat.

By Neelima Vallangi

Created thousands of years ago in the remote reaches of the Himalayas, chhurpi can be eaten for up to 20 years.

By Neelima Vallangi

Nearly 80 years after the Himalayan lake first captured the world's imagination, the mystery continues to confound – even as revolutionary advances are made in understanding our past. By Neelima Vallangi

India’s cyclone season is being made more intense by the rapidly heating Indian Ocean, scientists have warned.