The HKH Snow Update 2025 highlights a significant decline in seasonal snow across the Hindu Kush Himalaya region, with snow persistence 23.6% below normal — the lowest in 23 years. This trend, now in its third consecutive year, threatens water security for nearly two billion people. All twelve major river …
The recent controversy on the IPCC report regarding Himalayan glaciers has been all over the media. Before dwelling on this matter further, it is important to recognize that it was a silly mistake on the part of the authors of the IPCC report (those who wrote and reviewed Chapter 10 …
Cutting a sorry figure, the IPCC admitted its conclusion on melting of Himalayan glaciers by 2035 was based on "poorly substantiated" estimates while the scientist blamed for the goof-up pointed the finger at the expert who included the year in the UN report.Cutting a sorry figure, IPCC on Wednesday admitted …
Abu Dhabi, Jan 19, (PTI): R K Pachauri, head of UN's panel of climate scientists on Tuesday defended his Nobel winning team over forecasting an early disappearance of the Himalayan glaciers, saying he will soon come with a response report on the issue. The Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) …
RASHME SEHGAL Union minister for environment Jairam Ramesh believes his ministry's stand that the Himalayan glaciers were not going to disappear in the next three decades now stands vindicated. A benchmark study undertaken by scientists of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), a UN body regarded as the world's …
Aarti Dhar NEW DELHI: The government on Monday said its contention that there was no immediate and serious threat to the Himalayan glaciers was vindicated with the latest evidence suggesting that the Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) claim on the glaciers disappearing by 2035 due to climate change, was …
A warning that most of the Himalayan glaciers will melt by 2035 owing to climate change is likely to be retracted after the United Nations body that issued it admitted to a series of scientific blunders. Two years ago, the Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) headed by India's Rajendra …
Awarning that climate change will melt most Himalayan glaciers by 2035 is likely to be retracted after the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
