What Drained an Entire Lake Overnight With No Storm or Warning? Scientists Have an AnswerLakes in glacial and karst regions are vanishing and refilling without rain, baffling observers. Scientists explain these phenomena through...
27 Feb, 2026, 02.00 PM IST
Third pole melting: Rapid glacier retreat in Arunachal Pradesh threatens water supply and ecosystem, study findsResearchers from Nagaland and Cotton Universities have documented a significant glacier retreat in Arunachal Pradesh over the last three de...
19 Feb, 2025, 11.46 PM IST
Indians with visa free provision & daily flights to Kazakhstan can find Aktobe attractive destinationAktobe, a Kazakh city, blends history, nature, and modernity. It offers visa-free travel for Indians. Three daily flights connect to this i...
10 Dec, 2024, 10.37 PM IST
Families split by India-Pakistan rivalry lose hopeThe once-thriving trade route in Hunderman between India and Pakistan is now a fortified border. Separated families, like Ghulam Ahmad's, d...
13 Aug, 2024, 11.27 AM IST
Govt to launch survey to assess vulnerability of glacial lakes after monsoonOfficials announced that after the monsoon season, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, and the Union Territory of Jam...
09 Jul, 2024, 06.08 PM IST
Subglacial meltwater flowing beneath Antarctic glaciers could accelerate retreat, study findsResearchers have found that subglacial discharge, or meltwater flowing out to sea from beneath Antarctic glaciers, could be causing glacier...
28 Oct, 2023, 01.49 PM IST
Climate change, pollution, construction: multiple whammy to fuel more Sikkim-like disasters, warn scientistsAs Sikkim picks up the pieces following flash floods that saw many thousands being displaced, major infrastructure projects destroyed and s...
22 Oct, 2023, 02.54 PM IST
Centre working on plan to assess vulnerability of all glacial lakes: SourcesThe Indian government, in collaboration with the states, plans to reassess the vulnerability of glacial lakes in the country through ground...
22 Oct, 2023, 01.48 PM IST
Sikkim disaster: CWC's 2015 report on hydro projects' vulnerabilities ignored?A study conducted by the Central Water Commission in 2015 warned the Sikkim state government about the vulnerability of hydropower projects...
06 Oct, 2023, 05.12 PM IST
Three million people in India at risk of flooding by glacial lakes: StudyThe researchers, which also identified priority areas for mitigation, said more than half the globally exposed populations are found in jus...
08 Feb, 2023, 02.09 PM IST
Climate change likely caused deadly avalanche in Tibet10 Dec, 2016, 06.36 PM IST
- Climate change likely triggered deadly 2016 avalanche in Tibet
New York, Dec 10 (IANS) Climate change is to blame for a deadly glacier collapse this year in the once stable region of the Tibetan Plateau...
10 Dec, 2016, 04.52 PM IST
Global warming may cause flooding in Himalayas but drought in Andes02 Aug, 2016, 05.40 PM IST
- Everest glaciers may retreat 70% by end of century, warns new study
ver 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...
27 May, 2015, 03.41 PM IST
Glaciers in Tibet retreating at alarming rateChina's glaciers particularly those in Tibet have retreated by about 7,600sqkm - nearly 18 per cent - in the last 65 years and even the thi...
23 Apr, 2015, 02.38 PM IST
Ice deposits waxed and waned on Mars: StudyScientists have found new evidence that glacier-like ice deposits advanced and retreated multiple times in regions of Mars in recent past.
29 Jan, 2015, 04.20 PM IST
Glaciers in Tibetan Plateau shrinking rapidly: ReportGlaciers in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, home to several Himalayan rivers, have been shrunk by 15 per cent in the past three decades and the ...
21 May, 2014, 05.03 PM IST