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 Arctic's ice cover appears to have reached its minimum extent on September 10, 2016, according to scientists at the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC). Arctic sea ice extent on that day stood at 4.14 million square kilometers (1.60 million square miles), statistically tied at second lowest in …
Peru's new environment minister said on Wednesday the government of President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski would focus on preventing pollution rather than fining companies after the fact, part of a more collaborative stance she described for the private sector. Elsa Galarza, a U.S.-trained economist who previously headed the research unit at …
Arctic sea ice cover could be confirmed within days as the second lowest ever recorded, the latest data suggests. According to the US national snow and ice data centre (NSIDC) the ice which forms and disperses annually has been close to its minimum extent for the year for several days …
The Himalayas look idyllic from a distance but communities living in their shadow fear flash floods India and Nepal say a lack of information from China about glacial lakes and rivers in Tibet could hamper their ability to plan for flash floods. Sources say there has been a rise in …
LEH: Residents of Ladakh, reeling under a severe water crisis, want tourists to use traditional dry toilets instead of the commonly-used flush ones. The region gets scant rains and depends on glaciers for water for daily needs. But due to global warming, the glaciers are depleting fast, posing a serious …
Though Arctic sea ice started the summer at record lows, it is unlikely to set a new record annual minimum, reports Climate Central As the sun begins its seasonal descent in the Arctic sky and temperatures drop, the summer melt of sea ice is slowing down. In the next few …
A new report indicates the combustion of fossil fuels is gravely affecting the alpine tundra's climate Fossil fuel and biomass, which are sources of black carbon, are accelerating glacier meltdown across the Himalayas and Tibetan Plateau, a new research report has found. The report by Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) …
The high Arctic archipelagos around the globe are among the most strongly glacierized landscapes on Earth apart from the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets. Over the past decades, the mass losses from land ice in the high Arctic regions have contributed substantially to global sea level rise. Among these regions, …
Apart from global warming, another factor that aggravates the melting of glaciers in the Third Pole is air pollution. China and India are among the worst-ranked countries in air pollution. The region covering the mighty Himalaya-Hindukush mountains and the Tibetan plateau happens to be the third largest ice-covered region on …
Scientists who have been observing Antarctica have observed the progression of a large crack in one of the world's great ice shelves, the Larsen C. The crack is threatening to break off an iceberg with a size as big as Delaware. Since the crack is spreading quickly, the collapse could …
More temperature could mean increased snowfall in Antarctica which could in turn help reduce the global sea-level rise by 51 to 79 millimetres by 2100, according to a new study. When Antarctica's air temperature rises, moisture in the atmosphere increases. That should mean more snowfall on the frozen continent, the …
A new study measures the loss of ice from one of world’s largest ice sheets. They find an ice loss that has accelerated in the past few years, and their measurements confirm prior estimates. As humans emit heat-trapping gases, we expect to see changes to the Earth. One obvious change …
Senator Pakistan People’s Party, Sherry Rehman yesterday lamented that Pakistan was among the most climate stressed countries in the world. Speaking at Senate Standing Committee meeting on Climate Change, the PPP vice-president said Pakistan ranked third among the most climate stressed countries despite the fact that its own carbon emissions …
Panaji: Over the years, the vast ice cover around the North Pole has shrunk due to global warming. This has led to rise in sea levels which ultimately affects coastal regions like Goa, said Goa Science Centre and Planetarium, director, M M K Balaji. "Due to the melting of the …
Scientists have pieced together historical records to reconstruct Arctic sea ice extent over the past 125 years. The results are shown in the figure below. The red line, showing the extent at the end of the summer melt season, is the most critical: Arctic sea ice extent in recent years …
Melting Siberian Tundra Exposes Corpses Of Those Who Died In Epidemic 120 Years Ago Smallpox -a deadly dise ase eradicated from the world in 1977 -could return as the frozen tundra of Siberia melts and releases the virus from the corpses of people who died in a major epidemic about …
The tropical glaciers of South America are dying from soot and rising temperatures, threatening water supplies to communities that have depended on them for centuries. But experts say that the slow process measured in inches of glacial retreat per year also can lead to a sudden, dramatic tragedy. The melting …
Sea ice around Antarctica shrank in a warm period more than 100,000 years ago, an indication that man-made climate change could also trigger an abrupt retreat, a scientific report said Tuesday. A thaw would reverse a paradoxical expansion of the extent of floating ice on the ocean around the frozen …
While most people accept the reality of human-caused global warming, we tend not to view it as an urgent issue or high priority. That lack of immediate concern may in part stem from a lack of understanding that today’s pollution will heat the planet for centuries to come, as explained …
PASTORURI GLACIER, Peru (AP) — The tropical glaciers of South America are dying from soot and rising temperatures, threatening water supplies to communities that have depended on them for centuries. But experts say that the slow process measured in inches of glacial retreat per year also can lead to a …
