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 Largest Glaciers Record Severe Ice Loss Due to Global Warming
The new research has found that New Zealand is slowly losing its glaciers and could lead to severe decline in the coming years. The country's National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA)
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MPs bicker over IPCC report on causes of climate change
MPs have endorsed the findings of a UN climate panel that says humans are the dominant cause of global warming. Members of the Energy and Climate Change Committee said there was "no reason to doubt
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New Zealand’s 'dramatic' ice loss could lead to severe decline of glaciers
New Zealand’s vast Southern Alps mountain range has lost a third of its permanent snow and ice over the past four decades, diminishing some of the country’s most spectacular glaciers, new research has
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Is Antarctic sea ice really expanding as quickly as scientists claim? 'significant' error found in key climate change data
Antarctic sea ice may not be expanding as rapidly previously thought - with much of the increase potentially down to a data error, scientists have said. While Arctic sea ice has been melting significantly
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Arctic ice melt seen fueling South Korea’s hopes of becoming oil hub
Melting Arctic ice is widening a path for ships to deliver European oil to Asia, stoking South Korea’s ambition to become a regional storage and trading hub. The country, whose proximity to China, Russia
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Namtso no longer Tibet's largest lake: research
LHASA - The Buddhist holy lake Namtso has lost its spot as Tibet's largest lake to Serling Tso, whose rapid expansion is fueled by melting glaciers and increased rain, according to new research. The Serling
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Antarctic glaciers melting twice as fast as previously estimated
Shifting winds are dragging warm water currents around the Antarctic coastline forcing ice to melt and sea levels to rise twice as faster than previously thought, according to new Australian research revealed
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Bad news about rising sea levels as quickening Antarctic winds lead to faster ice melt
Sea levels may rise much faster than predicted because climate models have failed to account for the disruptive effects of stronger westerly winds, Australian-led research has found. Recent studies of
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Glacier status in Nepal and decadal change from 1980 to 2010 based on Landsat data
The Himalayan region contains some of the most dynamic, fragile and complex mountain ranges in the world. These magnificent mountain ranges play an important role in global atmospheric circulation, the
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Evidence for elevated and spatially variable geothermal flux beneath the West Antarctic Ice Sheet
Thwaites Glacier is one of the West Antarctica's most prominent, rapidly evolving, and potentially unstable contributors to global sea level rise. Uncertainty in the amount and spatial pattern of geothermal