Reference: Impact of climate change on major river basins in India

Climate and water resources of India, R. Ramesh* and M. G. Yadava; Current Science, VOL. 89, NO. 5, 10 SEPTEMBER 2005 - http://www.ias.ac.in/currsci/sep102005/818.pdf

This article carries a discussion from well-date, high-resolution palaeomonsoon records about past changes in the Indian monsoon rainfall, the main source of freshwater for the country, and how reliable are such palaeorecords.

Climate change and hydrology with emphasis on the Indian sub-continent Hydrological Sciences Journal, April 1995.

This paper gives a brief overview of studies carried out on climate change and possible impacts on hydrology and water resources in India, covering also the agricultural aspect. The need is emphasized for carrying out further studies in this important subject area at the national level, keeping in view the data and computing facilities available.

Climate change impact assessment on hydrology of Indian river basins
A. K. Gosain1,*, Sandhya Rao2 and Debajit Basuray2
1 Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology ? Delhi, New Delhi 110 016, India
2 INRM Consultants Pvt Ltd, New Delhi 110 016, India

This paper presents the detailed analyses of two river basins pre- vere in the developing world, because of their poor capacity dicted to be worst affected (one with respect to floods to adapt to climate variability. India also comes under this and the other with respect to droughts).

Ladakh's vanishing rivers of ice  by  Praveen Swami, 19/01/2008, The Hindu
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For the past five years, though, Ladakh has seen unusually mild winters and low snowfall. The Khardung glacier has thinned to the point of dispensing with the bridge that traversed it.