Mechanical engineer Sonam Wangchuk, the inventor of the ice stupa, pictured here with the natural materials, like bushes, that he uses as catalysts to start the ice formation. Rolex/Stefan Walter ...

By Shanna Hanbury A photo series on ice stupas — artificial glaciers in the northern Indian Himalayas — recently won first place in the 2024-25 Onewater’s Walk of Water: Water Towers photo ...

Designed and popularized by Ladakhi engineer Sonam Wangchuk around 2015, a surge of interest and funding followed. ... and may present an interest in the new ice stupa's water supply.

L adakh climate activist Sonam Wangchuk was released from custody after nearly 36 hours on Wednesday (Oct 2). ... He is known for his sustainable innovations like Ice Stupa, ...

Climate activist Sonam Wangchuk, who ended a 16-day-long hunger strike this week, says his fight is not over. ... He has also designed an artificial spring in the shape of an ice stupa ...

An ice stupa is an artificial glacier that stores waste stream waters so that the water can be used at a later date when supplies are scarce. It is used as a solution to the water crisis faced by ...

The Ice Man's groundbreaking work earned him the Padma Shri in 2015. Scientist Sonam Wangchuck improved on this by making the first ice stupa in 2013. These were easier to manage and melted ...

On my second visit to Ladakh in March 2019, I met engineer Sonam Wangchuk. He told me that on a drive through the valleys in 2013 he noticed a large mound of unmelted ice under a bridge, sheltered ...

Climate activist Sonam Wangchuk, who ended a 16-day-long hunger strike this week, says his fight is not over. ... He has also designed an artificial spring in the shape of an ice stupa ...