Short affidavit on behalf of the Rajasthan State Pollution Control Board (RSPCB) in terms of the National Green Tribunal order dated January 22, 2025. The application was registered suo motu by the NGT on the basis of a news item titled "Toxic kilns pollution Aravallis; wildlife and locals suffer" appearing …
The extreme loss of Arctic sea ice due to climate change is forcing thousands of walruses to crowd ashore on a remote barrier island off Alaska, and threatening their survival. Barack Obama will be the first US president to visit the Alaskan Arctic on 31 August on a three-day tour …
Sea levels worldwide have risen an average of nearly eight centimetres (three inches) since 1992 because of warming waters and melting ice, a panel of Nasa scientists said on Wednesday. In 2013 a United Nations panel predicted sea levels would rise from between 0.3 and 0.9 metres by the end …
MIAMI – Sea levels are rising around the world, and the latest satellite data suggest 3 feet (1 meter) or more is unavoidable in the next 100 to 200 years, NASA scientists said Wednesday. Ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica are melting faster than ever, and oceans are warming and …
The West Coast may be in danger of sea level rise. Researchers have found that the uplift rates across the Pacific Coast of the U.S. and northern Mexico have been overestimated by an average of more than 40 percent. Factors other than tectonics contribute to local sea-level change, and one …
These "before" and "after" images were acquired by the US space agency's Landsat observer Scientists are studying a big mass of ice that has broken off the Jakobshavn Glacier in Greenland. They say the 12.4km sq section is among the largest ever witnessed to come away from the ice stream's …
Projected future trends in water availability are associated with large uncertainties in many regions of the globe. In mountain areas with complex topography, climate models have often limited capabilities to adequately simulate the precipitation variability on small spatial scales. Also, their validation is hampered by typically very low station density. …
Glaciers in the Himalayan region are retreating following climate change which can lead to water scarcity for the people living downstream areas. The depleting glaciers can trigger the Glacial Lake Outburst Floods (GLOF) posing a threat to the sustainability of hydropower projects and adversely impacting water sources, people, livestock, forests, …
The first decade of the twenty-first century has not been a good one for the planet's climate. Of the 15 warmest years on record, 14 have occurred since 2000. Rising global temperatures have also made glaciers -- ice masses that currently occupy nearly 10 percent of the world’s total land …
In yet another sobering sign that climate change is drastically altering our planet, National Geographic has updated its "Atlas of the World" in what it calls "one of the most striking changes in the publication's history." The 10th edition of the atlas now features a much smaller Arctic ice sheet. …
A worldwide study has revealed that during 2001 to 2010, glaciers lost ice at an alarming two to three times the average for the 20th century. Such is the scale of ice loss that the scientists predict that even if global warming were to stabilize, the ice loss would continue. …
It turns out that glaciers are melting faster than ever. Scientists have compiled worldwide data on glacier changes for more than 120 years and have found that in the first decade of the 21st century, glaciers have melted faster than ever before. "The observed glaciers current lose between half a …
Observations show that glaciers around the world are in retreat and losing mass. Internationally coordinated for over a century, glacier monitoring activities provide an unprecedented dataset of glacier observations from ground, air and space. Glacier studies generally select specific parts of these datasets to obtain optimal assessments of the mass-balance …
Following the post of my colleague, Dana Nuccitelli on misreporting of ice trends, this article is a timely guest post by Neven Acropolis who runs the Arctic Sea Ice blog. “After the record smashing 2012 melting season had ended, Arctic sea ice watchers awaited the following melting season with a …
New data shows that in 2013 Arctic ice actually grew rather than retreating as climate change models had predicted. Far from proving climate change is a myth or that ice retreat has ended, as skeptics are now claiming, this reveals something much more interesting about our warming climate. The research, …
The Arctic is warming at a rate almost twice the global average, making climate change’s effects there far more intense and rapid than any other ecosystem in the world. While nature photographs of polar bears and melting ice dominate media narratives, the top of the world is home to 4m …
Is responsible for fast melting of glaciers in the region The lush green forests and snow-clad peaks of Kashmir might given an impression that the Valley is free from pollution, but the experts point out that Kashmir has three times more black carbon in the atmosphere than neighbouring states. As …
PANAJI: The temperature in Antarctica may rise by as much as three degrees by the end of the century, an expert has said, adding this could be the tipping point as far as the fight against global warming is concerned. "There are models about the kind of increase in (temperature …
SHIMLA: In the affidavit to be filed before the National Green Tribunal (NGT), Himachal Pradesh government has stated that while submitting the vital report based on which the tribunal ordered ban on commercial activity at Rohtang pass, its deputy registrar Sheetal Sharma failed to appreciate the ground situation in right …
Greenland, one of the largest ice sheets in the world, is melting. In fact, it is melting ahead of schedule as the world warms. Scientists are working hard to deepen their understanding of this ice sheet’s behavior so that we can predict how fast and how much of the ice …
SHIMLA: It was the concern for melting glaciers and blacking of snow that forced National Green Tribunal (NGT) to order banning of commercial activity at Rohtang Pass. But an RTI query has revealed that there is no glacier at the top of Rohtang Pass and the ministry of environment and …
