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 meltdown (editorial)
Glaciers in the Himalaya are receding faster than in any other part of the world and, if the present rate continues, the likelihood of them disappearing by the year 2035 and perhaps sooner is very high if the earth keeps warming at the current rate.
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Himalayan glaciers here to stay
Melting Is Normal, No Threat Of Rivers Drying Up, Say Glaciologists Anand Bodh | TNN Chandigarh: Glaciers are here to stay in the Himalayas. Studies conducted by glaciologists across the Himalayan region in Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand have shown that global warming has little to do with their melting.
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Science and fiction
The admission by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) that it grossly overstated the rate at which Himalayan glaciers were receding has hurt the credibility of the institution considerably. It is all very well for the IPCC to defend itself by saying that this was just one page in a report of over 3,000 pages.
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One expert blames another on glaciers
RASHME SEHGAL
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Are there more IPCC goof-ups?
Whether it is the blunder over the glaciers or the linking of natural disasters to global warming, the IPCC
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Cracking the ice code
ANURAG Linda, during his work season, clocks a duty shift from 9 am to 5 pm. But this is a work shift like no other. Each time he goes back to his work place
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Carelessness happens at times: TERI fellow
Bangalore: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has goofed up so badly on its Himalayan glacier melting forecast that it
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IPCC clear on evidence for global warming
Kalpana Jain / New Delhi January 26, 2010, 0:55 IST Some aspects of global warming may not be entirely understood and data may be sparse, but scientists do not dispute that global temperature has increased, especially since 1950, as pointed out in the fourth assessment report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).
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BASIC ministers task IPCC with need for rigour in climate reports
Amid controversy surrounding the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report on melting glaciers, Xie Zhenhua, Vice-Chairman of China