Glacial Melt

Affidavit filed by the Rajasthan State Pollution Control Board illegal and polluting kilns/crucibles along the Haryana-Rajasthan border near the Aravalli range, 01/05/2025

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 …

Antarctic ice warming faster than thought

The West Antarctic Ice Sheet, whose melt currently contributes substantially to sea level rise each year, is warming twice as quickly as previously thought, a new study has found. The temperature record from Byrd Station, a scientific outpost in the centre of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS), demonstrates a …

Arctic summers may become ice-free: UN

Leaked Report Says Meltdown 90-100% Likely Of all the warnings about dramatic effects of climate change, a leaked draft UN report is the most vigorous in arguing that fears of an ice-free Arctic Ocean in summer months can become a reality if global temperature rises by more than 2 degrees …

Refreezing the Arctic can help fight climate crisis

An American scientist has offered a radical solution to global warming by suggesting that we could refreeze the Arctic using a few modified jets. David Keith, professor of applied physics at Harvard University, used climate models to suggest that injecting reflective particles into the atmosphere could reduce the amount of …

Consensus on climate evades nations

United Nations climate talks on Monday entered their final week amid rows over the Kyoto Protocol and funding for poorer countries, despite fresh warnings of the peril from greenhouse gases. After six days of wrangling, nearly 200 nations remained far apart on issues vital for unlocking a global deal on …

Evidence for man-made climate change getting stronger: U.N.

Evidence that global warming is man-made is getting stronger, the head of a U.N. panel of climate scientists said, in a further blow to skeptics who argue rising temperatures can be explained by natural variations. Rajendra Pachauri spoke on the sidelines of a conference in Qatar where 200 nations are …

Polar Ice-sheet melting jumps three-fold: NASA

NEW DELHI: The combined rate of melting for the ice sheets covering Greenland and Antarctica has increased during the last 20 years says a landmark study published Thursday in the journal Science. The study was carried out by an international team of 47 experts from 26 laboratories supported by NASA …

Arctic sea ice bigger than US melts

DOHA(QATAR): An area of Arctic sea ice bigger than the United States melted this year, according the UN weather agency, which said the dramatic decline illustrates that climate change is happening "before our eyes". In a report released at UN climate talks in the Qatari capital of Doha, the World …

Seas rising faster than projected, low areas threatened: Report

Sea levels are rising 60% faster than UN projections, threatening low-lying areas from Miami to the Maldives, a study said on Wednesday. The report, issued during UN talks in Qatar on combating climate change, also said temperatures were creeping higher in line with UN scenarios, rejecting hopes the rate had …

10% of country’s glaciers could vanish

Depletion in, what is, the nation’s gushing resource today, would be the most likely scenario it could expect in not so distant future. This was based on the findings of Brigham Young University’s professor, Summer Rupper, in her publication, Geophysical Research letters. The findings indicated that the amount of melt …

Every year, Greenland is losing 200m tonnes of ice

Sat Photos Reveal Alarming Trend Washington: Greenland is losing an average of 200 million tonnes of ice every year since 2003, which could have a big impact on sea levels, scientists claim. The latest analysis by scientists studying the changing mass of the island using satellite data backs the previously …

No nation immune to climate change: World Bank

- All nations will suffer the effects of a warmer world, but it is the world's poorest countries that will be hit hardest by food shortages, rising sea levels, cyclones and drought, the World Bank said in a report on climate change. Under new World Bank President Jim Yong Kim, …

Obama vows climate push for 'future generations'

US President Barack Obama on Wednesday vowed a new push for action on climate change, saying the United States had a duty to come together to curb emissions in the wake of megastorm Sandy. In his first news conference since his decisive re-election on November 6, Obama said he planned …

Obama sees second-term focus on climate change

President Barack Obama said he plans to work with Congress in his second term to curb human-aggravated climate change, but not at the expense of the U.S. economy. "I am a firm believer that climate change is real, that it is impacted by human behavior, and carbon emissions," Obama said …

Kilimanjaro may be ice-free by ’60

London: The peaks of Mount Kilimanjaro — world’s highest free-standing mountain — may be ice-free as soon as 2060, scientists have warned. Researchers with Nasa’s Earth Observatory, have found that between 1912 and 2011, the mass of ice on the summit of the 19,341ft dormant stratovolcano in Tanzania decreased by …

Goodbye glaciers

Researchers are racing to determine how shrinking glaciers in the Andes will affect the water supply of millions of people.

Compendium on water-related hazards and extreme weather events in Central Asia and neighbouring countries

Water-related disasters and extreme weather events are occurring with increasing frequency in Central Asia and in the countries that surround it. Floods, landslides/mudflows, droughts and earthquakes, which frequently affect the region, cause enormous economic and social damage and often lead to massive loss of human life. Extreme weather events, such …

Both Romney and Obama Avoid Talk of Climate Change

For all their disputes, President Obama and Mitt Romney agree that the world is warming and that humans are at least partly to blame. It remains wholly unclear what either of them plans to do about it. Even after a year of record-smashing temperatures, drought and Arctic ice melt, none …

Rathong glacier dynamics study conducted

GANGTOK, Oct 14 – A glacier study team consisting of Assistant Scientific Officer Narpati Sharma and Project Scientists RK Sharma, Pranay Pradhan and Dilliram Chettri of Sikkim State Council of Science and Technology working for Glacier Dynamics of Sikkim, has completed an expedition to East Rathong Glacier in West Sikkim. …

Antarctic ice map may hold clues to global warming

Scientists have produced the first three dimensional map of the surface beneath Antarctic sea ice, helping them better understand the impact of climate change on Antarctica. The team of scientists from eight countries have used a robot submarine to chart a frozen and inverted world of mountains and valleys, allowing …

Climate change, tourism threatening mountains

A combination of climate change and booming tourism could cause famous mountain spots in Southwest China's Yunnan province to lose their snow, authorities and experts have warned. Rising temperatures in recent years have steadily pushed the snow line on Meili Snow Mountain in the Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture to higher …

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