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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Italy-Swiss border melting fast
Global Warming Prompts Both To Redraw Boundary London: Climate change is literally bringing European neighbours Italy and Switzerland closer. Melting glaciers in the Alps have prompted the two countries to redraw their borders, with a parliamentary draft legislation being readied in Rome, a British daily reported.
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Melting glaciers
Climate change threatens mankind
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Global warming and water crisis (Editorial)
Curse of melting glaciers, shrinking rivers and growing deforestation
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Valley headed for major water crisis as glaciers receding speedily
Shabir Ibn Yusuf, SRINAGAR: Valley may face severe water crisis in coming summer, as the glaciers have receded at an alarming rate, if the officials of Indian Mountaineering Foundation (IMF) and experts are to be believed. The cause is stated to be a lower snowfall, above normal temperature and early melting of snow in the mountains, besides deforestation and human interference.
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Climate change and its impact on the Himalayan glaciers a case study on the Chorabari glacier
Glaciers and small ice caps in temperate environments are sensitive indicators of the change in climate. Mountain glaciers provide a valuable tool for reconstruction of Holocene climate changes. The present work, thus, deals mainly with climatic change and its impact on the Himalayan glaciers based on the dating of lichens, developed on loops of moraines formed due
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The melting of the Siachen glacier
The global climate change has a significant impact on the high mountain environment. The Himalayan glaciers are in the state of general retreat5 since 1850 and the average air temperature of the Himalayan region has risen by 1
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10 years to contain climate catastrophe....countdown begins
The distinguished climate scientist James E Hansen from NASA along with an interdisciplinary group of nine renowned scientists have put in a recent research paper titled 'Target Atmospheric CO : Where Should 2 Humanity Aim?'.They have issued a re-assessment of earlier climate change predictions.
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Dam boom in Himalayas will create mountains of risk
The Himalaya is one of the fastest changing regions of the world due to global warming. The mountains
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Draft report of the glaciers study group
This document is the draft report of the glaciers study group, prepared by Ministry of Science and Technology, submitted to the Prime Minister's Council on Climate Change.
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African fisheries hit hardest by climate change
The world's poor are increasingly relying on fish, but a combination of climate change and unsustainable fishing practices could wipe out this vital protein source.