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Heavy rains on 18 and 19 September 2010 in the Ganga watershed associated with a regional monsoon event that occurred between Myanmar and Middle East caused disastrous landslips in Uttarakhand, Indian Central Himalaya and floods in the plains of Punjab, Uttar Pradesh and Delhi. Relation between quantum of rainfall per day and slope failure has been examined in the light of similar studies in other parts of Himalaya. The cloud movement and rainfall pattern during disaster dates have been studied using remote sensing data from Kalpana-1 weather satellite and weather station data from Uttarakhand. A system for advance warning system is suggested. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Information about several sessions at a workshop held November 2011 in Bangalore, India focused on the science impacts and climatic changes in Asia is presented. Topics including global temperature rising, mechanisms controlling retreat of glaciers in the Himalayas, and impact of climate change on hydrology were discussed. The workshop featured several researchers including T. N. Venkatesh, Julian Hunt, and Wouter Buvtaert.