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
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Arctic Ice Observations Reveal Decades of Loss as Temperatures Rise
Most people know that the Arctic ice is thinning as temperatures warm. But now, scientists are realizing the full extent of this thinning; after compiling modern and historical measurements, researchers
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The big melt: Antarctica’s retreating ice may re-shape Earth
From the ground on Cape Legoupil in the extreme northern part of Antarctica, spectacularly white and blinding ice seems to extend forever. What can’t be seen is the battle raging far below to reshape Earth.
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Past Greenland Ice Sheet Melting May Reveal Future Sea-Level Rise
Greenland is melting, so what does this mean for the future? In order to find out, a team of scientists looked to the past and quantified how the Greenland Ice Sheet reacted to a warm period that occurred
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Melting Greenland's past to provide clues about its future
Providing a vital clue to the future of Greenland, scientists have measured how the island's ice sheet reacted to a warm period 8,000 to 5,000 years ago when the temperatures were two to four degrees Celsius
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Artificial glacier could help Ladakh villagers adapt to climate change
Villagers of the high desert of Ladakh in India’s Jammu and Kashmir state used to harvest bountiful crops of barley, wheat, fruits, and vegetables in summer. But for years the streams have run dry in
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Global sea ice diminishing, finds new NASA study
Earth has been shedding sea ice at an average annual rate of 35,000 square kilometres since 1979, a new NASA study has found. “Even though Antarctic sea ice reached a new record maximum this past September,
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Climate change, melting glaciers make Iceland spring upward like a trampoline
Sea levels aren’t the only things rising due to climate change — swaths of land are too, including the nation of Iceland. That’s according to a new study published by a team of geologists from the University
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Earth's Dashboard Is Flashing Red—Are Enough People Listening?
A Pew Research Center survey, released last week as part of a broader report on science and society, found that only 50 percent of Americans believe that humans are mostly responsible for climate change,
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Climate change forces new ecological states in tropical Andean lakes
Air temperatures in the tropical Andes have risen at an accelerated rate relative to the global average over recent decades. However, the effects of climate change on Andean lakes, which are vital to sustaining
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A comprehensive approach and methods for glacial lake outburst flood risk assessment, with examples from Nepal and the transboundary area
Like other mountainous areas, Nepal is highly vulnerable to glacial lake outburst floods (GLOFs), and this vulnerability has increased due to climate change. Risk reduction strategies must be based on