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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New Zealand's Glaciers Melting Due to Climate Change
Local tour operator Fox Glacier Guiding has been unable to take tourists hiking since April because the glacial melt had caused the river to block access to a popular hiking trail. Another glacier that
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New Zealand glaciers melt, forcing tour guides to change course
Fox Glacier, a town of about 300 residents, trades on its namesake: a giant slab of ice and snow a short drive from the main street. Guided glacier hiking began here in 1928 and is a main reason for the
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IPCC future not tied to Paris climate deal
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the leading UN body for the assessment of climate change, will continue its work, no matter whether countries arrive at a global climate deal next
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By 2100, polar bears to be on brink of starvation
Polar bears may face starvation and reproductive failure by the year 2100 due to heavy loss of Arctic sea ice, a new study has warned. Shifts in the timing and duration of Arctic ice cover, especially
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Global warming threatens to strip the identity of Glacier National Park
A century ago, this sweep of mountains on the Canadian border boasted some 150 ice sheets, many of them scores of feet thick, plastered across summits and tucked into rocky fissures high above parabolic
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Global Warming: Extreme Weather Will Be The 'New Climate Normal,' World Bank Warns
The World Bank Sunday warned extreme weather will become the "new climate normal," increasing the risk of world instability. The report, "Turn Down the Heat: Confronting the New Climate Normal," analyzes
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Study of melting glaciers worries meteorologists
ISLAMABAD: Meteorologists worried at the depletion of glaciers in Pakistan studied six glaciers in the Karakorum Range recently, and the results have made them worry even more. “All of them were found
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Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding Rohtang Pass, 20/11/2014
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Court on its own Motion Vs. State of HP &Ors. relating to one of the most eco-sensitive area of the Himachal Pradesh i.e. Rohtang Pass.
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Glacial melt may hit food security: Scientist
Fast melting of glaciers in the Himalayas may raise the temperature by 4 °C by the end of the century and also impact country’s food security. Prof Anil Kulkarni, chairman of the Project Advisory Committee
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Reduce carbon emissions to save glaciers: Experts
Eminent scientists and experts engaged in study of Himalayan glaciology have stressed the need for reduction in carbon emissions and more inter-disciplinary and collaborative approach on a large scale