Alaska sees record temperatures in heatwave
An "all-time high" temperature record has been set in the US state of Alaska, despite much of the country sitting in the Arctic circle. Temperatures peaked at 32.22 Celsius (90F) on 4 July at an airport
Glacial Melt
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Himalayan climate change alarms Bhutan
Bhutan’s prime minister has issued a dire warning about the impact of Himalayan climate change, saying it could wreck the tiny kingdom’s ambitious plans to be a world leader in hydropower. The isolated,
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New Iceland Current Could Sway N. Atlantic Climate
The new current, the North Icelandic Jet, feeds the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, a giant pattern known as the "great ocean conveyor belt," or by the disconcerting acronym AMOC. Because
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Past ice-shelf collapse in West Antarctica
Images of the sea floor in Pine Island Bay, West Antarctica, reveal impressive evidence that a massive ice-shelf break-up occurred before about 12,000 years ago, and point to a tidal influence on sea-floor
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Arctic ice cap near record minimum
The polar ice cap in the Arctic has melted to near its 2007 record minimum level and in some areas is 50 percent smaller than average, Russia's environmental monitoring agency said Thursday. "According
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Russia Says High Ice Melt Opens Arctic Trade Routes
Arctic ice cover receded to near record lows this summer, opening elusive northern trade routes from Asia to the West, Russia's climate research agency said on Wednesday. After the third hottest year
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Two glaciers in Nepal to disappear: research
Two glaciers in Nepal that shrank at an accelerated rate in the past 10 years compared to preceding decades will inevitably disappear from rising temperatures as no fresh snow supply is expected for them,
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Himalaya Glaciers Shrinking On Global Warming, Some May Disappear
Three Himalaya glaciers have been shrinking over the last 40 years due to global warming and two of them, located in humid regions and on lower altitudes in central and east Nepal, may disappear in time
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Spatially heterogeneous wastage of Himalayan glaciers
<p> We describe volumetric changes in three benchmark glaciers in the Nepal Himalayas on which observations have been made since the 1970s. Compared with the global mean of glacier mass balance, the
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Rohtang’s record 50 ft snow melts away
<p> Neighbouring Manali Witnesses Similar Meltdown, Experts Blame Global Warming</p> <p> Manali: Within two months of record snowfall on Rohtang pass, almost all the snow has melted.</p> <p>
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Pakistan for decisive action against climate change
Pakistan has called for addressing