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 …
Analysis of an Antarctic ice core has revealed that warming in the frozen continent began about 22,000 years ago, a few thousand years earlier than suggested by earlier records. The new research shows that Antarctic warming began at least two, and perhaps four, millennia earlier than had been previously believed. …
The International Association of Cryospheric Sciences (IACS) proposes to set up a working group to study the impact of dust and black carbon from forest fires on the accelerated melting of snow and glaciers on the Himalayas. The decision was taken at a recent meeting in Davos, Switzerland. Cryosphere collectively …
Glacier systems that feed two key rivers in South Asia will badly retreat this century, but demands for water are still likely to be met, a study predicted on Sunday.The health of glaciers in the Himalayas is a closely-watched issue, as they supply vital meltwater to a region facing surging …
Observing that extreme rainfall events in the Karakorams, which hitherto were not known in this area, have started occurring with alarming frequency, a research paper has stated that this phenomenon was giving rise to the occurrence of land/snow slides in the higher reaches. The area includes the Siachen glacier and …
London: The melting Arctic is now being called an “economic time bomb”. Economic modelling shows methane emissions caused by shrinking sea ice from just one area of the Arctic could come with a global price tag of $60 trillion — the size of the world economy in 2012. Researchers from …
LONDON: Global warming five million years ago may have caused parts of Antarctica's large ice sheets to melt and sea levels to rise by approximately 20 metres, a new study has claimed. The researchers, from Imperial College London, and their academic partners studied mud samples to learn about ancient melting …
Global warming five million years ago may have caused parts of Antarctica’s large ice sheets to melt and sea levels to rise by approximately 20 metres, a new study has claimed. The researchers, from Imperial College London, and their academic partners studied mud samples to learn about ancient melting of …
A government report has pinned the responsibility of the Uttarakhand disaster on “haphazard human intervention” -- hydel projects, mining, de-forestation and infrastructure for religious tourism, which when coupled with fury of the rivers, issues related to natural terrain and weather conditions proved fatal for hundreds of unsuspecting people on that …
A satellite has detected that 300 billion tonnes of ice is being lost every year from the Antarctic and Greenland glaciers, dramatically increasing sea levels around the world. The satellite that detected the melting is Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE). British scientists have been using it since 2002 to …
Each degree celsius rise in global temperatures is likely to raise world's sea levels by more than 2 metres within the next 2,000 years, a new study has warned. While thermal expansion of the ocean and melting mountain glaciers are the most important factors causing sea-level change today, the Greenland …
By 2030, average temperatures could rise by one to 4.5 degrees Celsius in the Himalayan region Global warming, coupled by unplanned construction boom and industrial layout, could spell doom “worse than that of Uttarakhand” for the ecologically fragile Jammu and Kashmir, experts have warned at a recent meeting of the …
As receding glaciers form new lakes across the Himalayan frontier, a new dimension has been added to the strategic paradigm. Geological and climatic considerations apart, many of these lakes lie close to the border and may well be used to trigger floods downstream. While dozens of lakes have come up …
Kolkata, Mumbai most vulnerable due to sea level rise, says World Bank Water splashes image via Shutterstock At a time when unprecedented rain has resulted in havoc in the Himalayan state of Uttarakhand, the World Bank today came out with a report which states that another 2 to 4 degree …
Bangladesh will be among the most affected countries in South Asia by an expected 2 degree Celsius rise in the world’s average temperatures in the next decades, a new scientific report of the World Bank Group said Wednesday. Bangladesh would be among the ‘potential impact hotspots’ threatened by extreme river …
Much of Bangkok could flood within the next two decades if global warming stays on its current trajectory, as sea levels rise and cyclones intensify, the World Bank said in a new report Wednesday. The flooding of 40 per cent of the Thai capital was just one of dozens of …
Bangladesh will be among the most affected countries in South Asia with an expected two degree Celsius (2°C) rise in the world's average temperature in the next decades, according to a new scientific report released Wednesday by the World Bank Group. It said the rising sea levels and more extreme …
Sri Lanka will be among South Asian countries hard hit by climate change and this could undermine efforts to overcome poverty and increase economic growth, according to a new scientific report released by the World Bank Group. An expected 2°C rise in the world’s average temperatures in the next decades …
With an expected 2°C rise in the world’s average temperature in the next few decades, Nepal will face a host of challenges, including glacial lake outbursts, erratic monsoon, flooding and water insecurity, said a World Bank report released on Wednesday. The report entitled, “Turn Down the Heat: Climate Extremes, Regional …
Even as global warming and climatic changes remain on the forefront of international debates, observations by the Geological Survey of India (GSI) have found a reduction in the rate of glacial snout as well as higher accumulation of snow on ice shelf and polar ice sheet at the India’s Antarctica …
Shimla, May 29 : Experts from the Geological Survey of India (GSI) have advised the state government to go for control release of water from the Geepang Gath glacial lake in Lahaul to avoid a Parechu lake-like situation in view of its fast increasing size. A team of the GSI, …
