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Himalayan snow cover drops sharply, hits 20-year low; plains may feel the impactSnow cover in the Hindu Kush Himalaya has reached its lowest point in over two decades. This marks the fourth consecutive year of weak snow...- Hidden Antarctic Canyons: The Secret Threat to Coastal Cities You Haven't Heard OfScientists have discovered hundreds of hidden underwater canyons off Antarctica. These vast valleys, carved by sediment flows, are now unde...
- Scientists Just Measured the Fastest-Moving Glacier on EarthJakobshavn Isbræ in Greenland has reached record speeds, exceeding 17 kilometers per year, due to warming Atlantic ocean waters melting its...
- Antarctica’s Ice Is Rising and Falling And Satellites Know WhyAntarctica's seemingly frozen surface is actually rising and falling by centimeters, revealing a hidden network of active subglacial lakes ...
- 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...
- Nearly half of Himachal Pradesh prone to landslide, floods, avalanchesOver 45% of Himachal Pradesh is highly prone to floods, landslides, and avalanches according to IIT Ropar. The study used geospatial data t...
- ISRO set to launch Earth Observation Satellite-8 on August 15: ReportISRO is expected to launch the EOS-8 satellite on August 15, using the SSLV-D3 from Sriharikota. The mission introduced a microsatellite an...
- Climate change, ocean science: Here is what Modi govt's Rs 4,797 crore Prithvi scheme aims to promoteThe Union Cabinet, led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has approved a Rs 4,797 crore "PRITHvi VIgyan" scheme for the Ministry of Earth Sci...
- Experts discuss role of Hindu Kush Himalayas region & Arctic in the era of climate changeExperts gathered in Kathmandu for the first-ever Inter-Polar Conference, organized jointly by the International Centre for Integrated Mount...
- NISAR payload integration completed: Top NASA officialsNISAR is a joint earth-observation mission between ISRO and the US space agency NASA for global observations over all land mass, including ...
- ISRO-NASA joint satellite project NISAR proposed to be launched early 2023: Jitendra SinghNISER is one of the crucial collaborations of the ISRO and NASA. India and the US had agreed upon this mission during then President Barack...
- Climate change, hydro projects triggered Chamoli disaster: StudyWhile the study stops short of linking the disaster directly to climate change, it says that the increasing frequency of high-mountain slop...
- Chamoli disaster due to ‘rock and ice avalanche’ that transformed into massive ‘debris flow’: StudyWhile the study stops short of linking the disaster directly to climate change, it says that the increasing frequency of high-mountain slop...
- Emissions to add 15 inches to global sea level rise by 2100: NASA-led studyGreenland and Antarctica's ice sheets could together contribute more than 38 centimetres to global sea level rise by 2100, if greenhouse ga...
- Sea levels rising faster, Indian cities at high flood risk: IPCCFour Indian cities are among 45 such coastal port cities globally where even an increase of sea level by 50 cm will lead to flooding.
- Hidden lakes found draining below West Antarctica glacierWashington, Feb 13 (IANS) Researchers have used data from the European Space Agency's CryoSat-2 satellite to identify a sudden drainage of ...
- Antarctic hasn't lost much sea ice in last 100 yearsLondon, Nov 24 (IANS) The area of sea ice around Antarctica has barely changed in size in the past 100 years, researchers have found.
- 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...
- World Bank releases new report on climate change, global warmingReductions of these so-called short-lived climate pollutants (SLCPs) would slow rapid melting in mountain regions with glaciers, like the H...
- Arctic sea ice maximum in 2013 and is fifth lowest on recordArctic sea ice reached its annual maximum extent in February this year and it was the fifth lowest in the past 35 years, according to a NAS...
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