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 integrity of climate research has taken a very public battering in recent months. Scientists must now emphasize the science, while acknowledging that they are in a street fight. (Editorial)
In 2004, I visited the Chorabari Glacier on an expedition under the leadership of M. Kuhle. Thus, I have read the paper by R. K. Chaujar with great interest1. In agreement with Chaujar1, we also recognized different latero-frontal moraines around Kedarnath. Because younger glacial history was not the primary aim …
This document contains the presentation by Omvir Singh, Anil Beniwal, Milap C. Sharma & et al on Variability and trends in temperature, precipitation and discharge in a lesser Himalayan watershed, presented at National Climate Research Conference, IIT Delhi, March 5-6, 2010. Climate change and global warming arising from the anthropogenic-driven …
This document contains the presentation by Rupal M. Brahmbhatt, A.V. Kulkarni, B.P. Rathore & et al on "Application of Remote sensing and GIS in glacier retreat: A case study of Warwan sub-basin, Chenab basin", presented at National Climate Research Conference, IIT Delhi, March 5-6, 2010. North Indian Rivers originating in …
This document contains the presentation by Smriti Basnett, A.V. Kulkarni, B.P. Rathore & et al on Snow cover monitoring and snow distribution in Sikkim Himalayas, presented at National Climate Research Conference, IIT Delhi, March 5-6, 2010. The Sikkim Eastern Himalayan ranges feed river Tista of its fresh water, influencing the …
Julian Hunt displays evidence from Beijing Climate Centre study CHENNAI: Supporting the argument on glacier melt, Julian Hunt, Emeritus Professor of Climate Modelling, University of Cambridge, U.K., showed evidence from a Chinese study to state that glaciers are indeed melting fast. The study, conducted by the Beijing Climate Centre, showed …
Rahi Gaikwad Mumbai: Rajendra Pachauri, head of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which came under fire for an error in predicting that the Himalayan glaciers would melt by 2035, said on Tuesday that the contentions of snowfall discrediting the meltdown were incorrect and there was no ambiguity that …
New Delhi, Feb. 16: Keen to study the Himalayan glaciers in their totality, the Department of Science and Technology (DST) has mooted a proposal to the ministry of external affairs (MEA) and the ministry of defence (MoD) to allow data-sharing on this crucial subject with China, Pakistan, Nepal and Bhutan. …
Soot-coated glaciers on a melting spree. Climate scientists have tagged the Himalayan glaciers to disappear by the end of this century. The Tibetan glaciers are in a bigger hurry to disappear, apparently. Courtesy: soot or black carbon that is increasing the sunlight-absorption capacity of the snow. With its strategic location …
Amid mounting attacks on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, a small number of its volunteer leadership has tried to respond to the horde of bloggers and reporters as well as explain themselves to colleagues. Prominent among them has been ecologist Christopher Field of the Carnegie Institution for Science. Science …
The PM emphasised that despite the recent criticism of the IPCC, the debate did not challenge its core projections on greenhouse gas accumulations affecting temperature, rainfall and sea level rise Prime Minister Manmohan Singh expressed disappointment with the Copenhagen climate change summit but expressed satisfaction that the Copenhagen Accord had …
Backing R K Pachauri, the beleaguered chief of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), who is under criticism for the goof-up in the organisation
New Delhi: Environment minister Jairam Ramesh on Thursday said the Indian government fully backed R K Pachauri, the beleaguered chairman of UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Even as he took potshots at the weakness of the global climate science panel over the recent controversial revelations, Ramesh said the government …
