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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India likely to share glacier info with China, Pak
New Delhi, Feb. 16: Keen to study the Himalayan glaciers in their totality, the Department of Science and Technology (DST) has mooted a proposal to the ministry of external affairs (MEA) and the ministry of defence (MoD) to allow data-sharing on this crucial subject with China, Pakistan, Nepal and Bhutan.
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High and dry
Soot-coated glaciers on a melting spree. Climate scientists have tagged the Himalayan glaciers to disappear by the end of this century. The Tibetan glaciers are in a bigger hurry to disappear, apparently. Courtesy: soot or black carbon that is increasing the sunlight-absorption capacity of the snow.
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Missing the wood for the trees
The IPCC
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IPCC seeks 'broader community engagement' to correct errors
Amid mounting attacks on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, a small number of its volunteer leadership has tried to respond to the horde of bloggers and reporters as well as explain themselves to colleagues. Prominent among them has been ecologist Christopher Field of the Carnegie Institution for Science. Science excerpts a 5 February phone interview with him.
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On the Himalayan glaciers controversy
A huge controversy has been generated over the much quoted lines in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
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Manmohan backs Pachauri
The PM emphasised that despite the recent criticism of the IPCC, the debate did not challenge its core projections on greenhouse gas accumulations affecting temperature, rainfall and sea level rise
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PM backs Pachauri, IPCC
Backing R K Pachauri, the beleaguered chief of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), who is under criticism for the goof-up in the organisation
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Govt fully behind Pachauri: Ramesh
New Delhi: Environment minister Jairam Ramesh on Thursday said the Indian government fully backed R K Pachauri, the beleaguered chairman of UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Even as he took potshots at the weakness of the global climate science panel over the recent controversial revelations, Ramesh said the government supported Pachauri
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Jairam, Boer back Pachauri
NEW DELHI, Feb. 4: Embattled IPCC chief R.K. Pachauri on Thursday found support in UN
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Govt lends support to a beleaguered Pachauri
Indian Scientist Included In IPCC Bureau