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Heat waves to last longer and affect more areas in India, warn scientistsScientists warn that India's heat waves will intensify, lasting longer and affecting larger areas due to climate change. Models suggest pro...- Climate activist Sonam Wangchuk raises concern over Himalayan glaciersThe letter follows Wangchuk's return from his 12-day tour to the US, during which he also carried a 7 kg block of ice from the fast melting...
- India should take lead in preserving glaciers: Sonam Wangchuk writes open letter to PMClimate activist Sonam Wangchuk, after his US tour, urges Prime Minister Modi to lead initiatives for preserving Himalayan glaciers. Wangch...
- Melting of Ladakh glacier could form three glacial lakes: StudyParkachik Glacier is one of the largest glacier in the Suru River valley, which is a part of the Southern Zanskar Ranges, western Himalaya....
- Himalayan glaciers risk losing 75% of their volume by 2100 due to global warmingThe Hindu Kush Himalaya region spans across Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, and Pakistan, encompassing iconi...
- Gangotri glacier retreated by 0.23 sq km between 2001-16, govt tells Rajya Sabha"According to information received from the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), in-situ measurements show the black carbon concentra...
- Black carbon deposits are accelerating glaciers and snow melt in Himalayan ranges says World BankIt is generated by human activity both inside and outside South Asia. It is part of a larger basket of aerosols that impact climate change ...
- View: Yes, glaciers are melting but no need for panicMany readers will be astonished that the contribution of glacial melt can be just under 1% even in the higher Himalayas. The estimates of s...
- How glaciers can burst and send floods downstreamProglacial lakes, formed after glaciers retreat, are often bound by sediment and boulder formations. Additional water or pressure, or struc...
- Uttarakhand flood: 2019 study warned Himalayan glaciers melting at alarming speedThe glacier collapse at Joshimath on Sunday led to a massive flood in the Dhauli Ganga river and caused large-scale devastation in the uppe...
- J&K glaciers melting at 'significant' rate, study findsThe study, published in the journal Scientific Reports, was carried over the Jammu, Kashmir, and Ladakh region, including areas across the ...
- Karakoram glaciers growing in spite of climate change: StudyIn winter, the vortex affects the temperature over the whole 2,000 kilometre mountain range, but in the summer the vortex contracts and has...
- Recession of Himalayan glaciers alarming: ISRO scientistsBengaluru, July 12 (IANS) Analysis of satellite images have revealed an "alarming recession" of glaciers in the Bhilangna basin of the Garh...
- Global warming may cause flooding in Himalayas but drought in Andes
- These Nasa images show how our planet has changed over the years
- Everest glaciers may disappear by 2100: StudyGlaciers in the Everest region of the Himalayas could shrink at least 70 per cent or even disappear entirely by the end of the century if g...
- Everest glaciers may retreat 70% by end of century, warns new studyver 70 per cent of glacier volume in the Everest region could be lost by 2100 if current trends of greenhouse gases emission continue, a ne...
- Tibetan glaciers retreating, earlier study flawed: ReportMost glaciers on the Tibetan plateau and around it are rapidly melting says the latest study based on 30 years of satellite data and also a...
- 'Himalayan glaciers here to stay'Studies conducted by glaciologists across the Himalayan region in Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand have shown that globa...
- India, China to check melting of glaciers, says PMIndia has taken up the issue of climate change and melting of glaciers with China, the Rajya Sabha was informed on Thursday by Prime Minist...
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