For billions of people, mountain meltwater is essential for drinking water and sanitation, food and energy security, and the integrity of the environment. But today, as the world warms, glaciers are melting faster than ever, making the water cycle more unpredictable and extreme. And because of glacial retreat, floods, droughts, …
London: In a new research into impact of melting ice on sea level, scientists have found that thinning ice in Antarctica is contributing nearly 10% of sea level rise and Pine Island Glacier is the major source. Using Autosub, an autonomous underwater vehicle, researchers led by the British Antarctic Survey …
Dehra dun: Uttarakhand Government is planning to set up an authority with the aim of conserving Himalayan glaciers in the hill State. The proposed Snow and Glaciers Authority (SGA) is expected to be headed by Chief Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank and will study the impact of climate change on nearly …
The Himalayan glaciers that feed Asia's five largest rivers are in no danger of disappearing by 2035, as claimed in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's most recent report. In fact, only the glaciers that melt into the Ganges are shrinking, according to the most detailed analysis yet of how …
The Great Aletsch Glacier is ill. Over the course of the twentieth century, the largest Alpine glacier, in Valais, Switzerland, receded by more than two kilometres, and Switzerland
JYOTI VERMA THE ASIAN AGE Retired civil engineer Chewang Norphel, 75, is known for creating glaciers. Sounds odd in times when glaciers are fast disappearing! But glaciers are a major concern for the people of Ladakh, Norphel
In the high-altitude desert of the Indian trans-Himalayas, one man is buying time for villagers suffering from global warming by creating artificial glaciers. To view the slideshow click on the following URL: http://www.scientificamerican.com/slideshow.cfm?id=artificial-glaciers-to-survive-global-warming
Nathu-la at 14,400ft in Sikkim is one of the many snow-capped areas, like Yumthang which is facing climate change Gangtok, May 17: Receding ski slopes and a rise in mercury level have prompted the Sikkim government to frame an action plan for climate change. Minimum temperatures have risen by 1 …
Amsterdam: The head of the UN scientific body on climate change defended on Friday the work of the thousands of scientists who contribute to its reports, even as he welcomed a review of procedures that produced errors undermining the panel
The expert group formed by the Prime Minister to assess the actual condition of Himalayan glaciers has submitted its report to the Prime Minister. The report was submitted by the expert group headed by IIT Mumbai Professor Anand Patwardhan. It states that though some glaciers in the Himalayan range are …
The Ministry of Environment and Forest hinted that water flow in the Indian rivers especially Brahmaputra and Ganga rivers were at risk because of shrinkage of glaciers in Tibet. The studies conducted by the Geological Survey of India indicate that the glaciers of Himalaya are receding at varying rates in …
Shishir Prashant / New Delhi/ Dehra Dun May 03, 2010, 0:27 IST Gangotri, Valley of Flowers and other highly eco-sensitive zones of the Garhwal Himalayas in Uttarakhand may be becoming hot sites on the tourist map. But the Uttarakhand government now wants to put up more restrictions on travellers in …
The Uttarakhand capital is likely to get a specialised institute of glaciology, a first of its kind in the country. The study group on Himalayan Glaciers, constituted by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, has recommended establishment of a nodal institution for glaciology that could act as a repository of the currently …
Construction may soon begin on the West Seti Hydroelectric Project (WSHP) in the western region of Nepal. The 750-megawatt facility, which will produce power primarily for export to India, involves construction of a 195-meter high dam on the Seti River that will inundate over 2000 hectares of land. The resulting …
This report contains an assessment of the threat facing the Hindu Kush-Himalayan region from the recent (post-1950s) and rapid formation of meltwater lakes on the surface or at the end of a large number of the region's glaciers. It provides a detailed background to the present situation and aims to …
KOCHI: Contrary to the findings of the Union Environment Ministry, the Himalayan glaciers are retreating at a rapid rate, environmental activist and scientist Vandana Shiva has said. Though it will not be possible to pinpoint the exact timing of glacier melting as 2035, as suggested by the Inter-Governmental Panel for …
Anil S KOCHI: Calling upon governments across the world to devise a quick action plan to deal with the rapid retreat of the Himalayan glaciers, environmental activist Vandana Shiva said the glaciers might not survive this century if the melting continued. Quoting some of the findings of `Climate Change at …
