State of the Climate in Asia 2024
<p>The World Meteorological Organization’s State of the Climate in Asia 2024 report warns that the region is warming nearly twice as fast as the global average, driving more extreme weather and posing
Glacial Melt
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Climate Change: Glaciers are Melting Faster Than Ever Before
It turns out that glaciers are melting faster than ever. Scientists have compiled worldwide data on glacier changes for more than 120 years and have found that in the first decade of the 21st century,
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2015 Arctic melting season won't break records, but could wipe the 'recovery'
Following the post of my colleague, Dana Nuccitelli on misreporting of ice trends, this article is a timely guest post by Neven Acropolis who runs the Arctic Sea Ice blog. “After the record smashing
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Historically unprecedented global glacier decline in the early 21st century
<p>Observations show that glaciers around the world are in retreat and losing mass. Internationally coordinated for over a century, glacier monitoring activities provide an unprecedented dataset of glacier
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Alaskan villages imperiled by global warming need resources to relocate
The Arctic is warming at a rate almost twice the global average, making climate change’s effects there far more intense and rapid than any other ecosystem in the world. While nature photographs of polar
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Arctic ice growth doesn't disprove climate change
New data shows that in 2013 Arctic ice actually grew rather than retreating as climate change models had predicted. Far from proving climate change is a myth or that ice retreat has ended, as skeptics
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Kashmir has highest black carbon concentration
Is responsible for fast melting of glaciers in the region The lush green forests and snow-clad peaks of Kashmir might given an impression that the Valley is free from pollution, but the experts point
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Antarctica will get three degrees hotter by century-end
PANAJI: The temperature in Antarctica may rise by as much as three degrees by the end of the century, an expert has said, adding this could be the tipping point as far as the fight against global warming
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HP contests NGT report, to file affidavit today
SHIMLA: In the affidavit to be filed before the National Green Tribunal (NGT), Himachal Pradesh government has stated that while submitting the vital report based on which the tribunal ordered ban on commercial
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Global warming is causing rain to melt the Greenland ice sheet
Greenland, one of the largest ice sheets in the world, is melting. In fact, it is melting ahead of schedule as the world warms. Scientists are working hard to deepen their understanding of this ice sheet’s
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No glacier at Rohtang top, reveals RTI
SHIMLA: It was the concern for melting glaciers and blacking of snow that forced National Green Tribunal (NGT) to order banning of commercial activity at Rohtang Pass. But an RTI query has revealed that