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Nepal’s mountain tsunami: The 200-km trail of water, rock and destructionNepal's flash flood death toll has reached 469 after a glacier collapse unleashed torrents of water. Nearly 1,000 people remain missing in ...- Disaster in Nepal once again intensifies debate regarding risks posed by climate changeHimalayan glaciers are receding due to rising temperatures, leaving unstable debris behind. Shifting precipitation patterns cause rainfall ...
- A surprising Arctic discovery shows melting icebergs are quietly building hidden neighborhoods on the ocean floorMelting icebergs are creating hidden arctic homes as disappearing glaciers reshape the deep ocean. Scientists found that iceberg-carried ro...
- The weather is getting wilder, and some see a dire signal in the dataGlobal warming effects are intensifying unexpectedly. Scientists are debating if the pace of climate change is accelerating. Extreme weathe...
- Asia world's most disaster-prone region in 2023: WMOFloods and storms led to the highest number of reported casualties and economic losses, and the impact of heat waves intensified, said the ...
- UN issues 'red alert', warns 'planet on the brink' after warmest decade on record
- Sikkim: Icy flood that killed 31 in India's northeast had been feared for yearsRescuers are searching for survivors after a glacial lake overflowed and burst through a dam in India's Himalayan north. The flood has kill...
- 2022 fifth or sixth warmest year on record: WMOThe global mean temperature in 2022 was 1.15 degrees Celsius above the pre-industrial (1850-1900) average, making it the "fifth or sixth" w...
- 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...
- 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...
- View: What can India do to prevent Uttarakhand-type disastersWith dozens still missing, one question stares at us: what can countries like India do, given that glacier melts and weather variability ar...
- Watch the ice: Post Uttarakhand, experts call for regular, dedicated monitoring of glaciersThe raging waters also swept away the Rishiganga and Tapovan hydel projects. The researchers’ hypothesis is based on surveillance by teams ...
- 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’, ...
- Tightrope walker Freddy Nock sets three new Guinness Book world records atop glacierThe Swiss acrobat walked in three sections on the Gondola cables.
- Global warming making Siachen riskier for soldiersThe death of 10 soldiers earlier this year in an avalanche in the critical Sonam post, located close to the Line of Control with Pakistan, ...
- Climate change accelerating rise in sea levels: Study
- Trillion tonne iceberg breaks off Antarctica shelfLondon, July 12 (IANS) An enormous iceberg has broken off from a key floating ice shelf in Antarctica, scientists have announced.
- PDP wants Siachen glacier to be peace parkThe party has also said Article 370 should be used to protect the state’s special status and identity.
- Rs 25,000 crore kitty for tackling climate change: RameshIndia is going to be affected "the most" by climate change but the government has made a provision for Rs 25,000 crore to mitigate its impa...
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