KHARNAK, India (AP) — For decades, Konchok Dorjey grazed the world’s finest cashmere-producing goats in the arid, treeless Kharnak village in India’s Ladakh region, a high mountainous cold desert that ...

Climate activist Sonam Wangchuk (left) on his 21-day fast to highlight the need to protect the fragile ecosystem of Ladakh and its people, Leh, India, March 26, 2024. Credit: X/Sajjad Kargili A group ...

Formed in 2019, Ladakh is a Union Territory of India that emerged after the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir was bifurcated into two Union Territories—Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh. Known as a cold ...

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Lights shine in Leh in the cold desert region of Ladakh, India, Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2022. Konchok Dorjey gave up his pastoral life in search of a better future for his family. He sold off his animals ...

Shifting weather patterns have already altered people’s lives through floods, landslides and droughts in this inhospitable but beautiful mountain region. For decades, Konchok Dorjey grazed the world’s ...