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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Greenland, Antarctica ice melt worsening, confirms Nasa
SETH BORENSTEIN New satellite information shows that ice sheets in Greenland and western Antarctica continue to shrink faster than scientists thought and in some places are already in runaway melt mode.
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Arctic Ice Melts To Third-Smallest Area On Record
The Arctic's sea ice pack thawed to its third-lowest summer level on record, up slightly from the seasonal melt of the past two years but continuing an overall decline symptomatic of climate change, U.S. scientists said on Thursday.
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River on the brink
When documentary filmmaker Sudhesh Unniraman, 38, was approached by a producer from AIM Television to document the plight of the Ganga, he knew there was not much research to be done.
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Arctic Ice Melts To Third-Smallest AreaSteve Gorman
The Arctic ice pack melted this summer to its third-smallest size on record, up slightly from the low points of the past two years but continuing an overall shrinking trend symptomatic of climate change, U.S. scientists said on Thursday.
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Global warming to reduce Bangladeshs GDP: report
The rising temperature may result in significant reduction in the Gross Domestic Product of Bangladesh which is part of the Himalayan system, apart from the risk the country is facing of losing 18 per cent of its land due to the rising water level of the oceans.
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Rising sea levels: Coastal cities at risk
''Indian coastal cities are at risk from sea level rise due to climate change as ice shelves, which require more than 10,000 years to form, are disintegrating in weeks due to an increase in global temperature,'' warned Prof Srinivasan, chairman of Divecha Centre for Climate Change, Indian Institute of Science (IISc) here on Tuesday.
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Rich nations should bear burden of climate change
Scientists and researchers at a dialogue in Rajshahi on Monday categorically stated that the industrial and richer nations are responsible for the climate change and they should take effective decisions right now to face the adverse impact of climate change and other environmental degradations.
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Sea level rise will affect Lanka's marine ecosystem
Sri Lanka's marine ecosystem will be affected due to sea level rise around its coastal zone due to melting of the Himalayas. Therefore, the problem related to Himalaya is a regional phenomenon, Environment Minister Patali Champika Ranawake said.
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Climate change threatens food security in S Asia
Chennai: Melting Himalayan glaciers and other climate change impacts pose a direct threat to the water and food security of more than 1.6 billion people in South Asia, according to preliminary findings of a new study financed by the Asian Development Bank (ADB).
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Himalayas hotspot of climate change
New Delhi: It