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Antarctica is in the middle of winter right now. Scientists are worried about a France-sized stretch of ocean where ice is failing to formWinter is the season when Antarctica's frozen edge usually expands. This year, one part of the continent is doing the opposite. Scientists ...- Melting icebergs are dropping rocks onto the Arctic seafloor, and those stones are turning into deep-sea homes for marine life as climate change quietly redraws where life can liveMelting icebergs in the Arctic are delivering rocks to the seafloor. These rocks are becoming new homes for corals and sponges. This discov...
- Think it's hot now? World headed for repeated heat record shocks, warns UNNew United Nations climate projections reveal Earth will likely surpass the safe climate threshold repeatedly in the next five years. The h...
- The Moon is making your days longer, and most people have no ideaOur planet's days are getting longer. The Moon's gravity slows Earth's spin, a process ongoing for billions of years. Now, melting polar ic...
- A 1986 Iceberg Is Disappearing at Last, Unveiling a Rare and Mesmerizing Blue GlowIceberg A-23A, once the largest on Earth, is nearing its end as vibrant aquamarine meltwater pools form on its surface. These blue spots, a...
- Uttarakhand: Avalanche occurs near Badrinath, no casualtiesAn avalanche occurred Friday from the Kuber Bhandar glacier near Badrinath. The event reached the upper Kanchenjunga river. No casualties w...
- Yatra route towards Kedarnath Dham temporarily closed after fragment of Bhairav glacier breaks offThe route towards Kedarnath Dham Yatra has been closed after a glacier broke at Bhairon, according to officials. Due to this, the Rudrapray...
- First woman officer operationally deployed at highest battleground in Siachen"Capt Shiva Chauhan of Fire and Fury Sappers became the first woman officer to be operationally deployed in Kumar Post, at the highest batt...
- Chile's Queulat National Park: Mountain glacier collapses amid soaring temperatures. See detailsIn a chilling video captured by a tourist, an approximately 200-metre glacier piece sitting atop a mountain in Chile’s Queulat National Par...
- Antarctica's Thwaites Glacier on verge of breaking way, poses threat to billion livesThe Thwaites glacier is said to be hanging onto mainland Antarctica by its fingernails according to a survey. Geophysicists have been scrut...
- Uttarakhand flash flood: Studies have been flagging receding of glaciated areaThe study, titled ‘Glacier changes and associated climate drivers for the last three decades, Nanda Devi region, Central Himalaya, India’, ...
- Uttarakhand glacier disaster: Damage to NTPC project may delay its commissioning, says ministerThe minister visited Tapovan on Monday to assess the extent of damage at the project site, a day after the glacier burst in Chamoli distric...
- 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 glacier disaster: Rishabh Pant to donate his match fee to rescue efforts, B-town stands in solidarityA glacier broke on Sunday in Chamoli District, causing massive flooding in several parts.
- Why did glacier break in cold winter month of Feb?"This is an anomaly. In winter, glaciers remain firmly frozen. Even walls of glacial lakes are tightly bound. A flood of this sort in this ...
- Guterres says UN stands ready to contribute to ongoing rescue and assistance efforts in UttarakhandA portion of the Nanda Devi glacier broke off in Uttarakhand's Chamoli district on Sunday, triggering an avalanche and a deluge in the Alak...
- As minister, I was against power projects on Ganga, its main tributaries: Uma BhartiA part of the Nanda Devi glacier broke off at Joshimath in Uttarakhand's Chamoli district on Sunday, leading to a massive flood in the Dhau...
- Satellites detect rapid surge of Arctic glacierLondon, May 13 (IANS) Using data from European Space Agency's Sentinel-1 satellites, researchers have detected rapid acceleration of an Arc...
- Isro: 75% of Himalayan glaciers retreatingWhile 75% of Himalayan glaciers are on the retreat the average shrinkage is 3.75km during the 15 years under study of Isro satellite images.
- Record snowfall in HP revives 2,000 glaciersRecord snowfall in Himachal this year has revived more than 2,000 glaciers.
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