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...
20 Mar, 2026, 10.56 AM IST
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 ...
23 Apr, 2024, 11.28 AM IST
UN issues 'red alert', warns 'planet on the brink' after warmest decade on record19 Mar, 2024, 07.04 PM IST
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...
07 Oct, 2023, 02.16 PM IST
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...
21 Apr, 2023, 07.51 PM IST
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...
14 Sep, 2022, 05.54 PM IST
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...
06 Sep, 2022, 07.29 PM IST
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...
11 Apr, 2021, 10.54 AM IST
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...
19 Feb, 2021, 11.59 PM IST
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 ...
13 Feb, 2021, 11.22 PM IST
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’, ...
10 Feb, 2021, 12.07 AM IST
Tightrope walker Freddy Nock sets three new Guinness Book world records atop glacierThe Swiss acrobat walked in three sections on the Gondola cables.
02 Jul, 2020, 04.00 PM IST
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, ...
12 Jul, 2018, 07.52 PM IST
Climate change accelerating rise in sea levels: Study14 Jun, 2018, 02.44 PM IST
- Trillion tonne iceberg breaks off Antarctica shelf
London, July 12 (IANS) An enormous iceberg has broken off from a key floating ice shelf in Antarctica, scientists have announced.
12 Jul, 2017, 05.52 PM IST
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.
29 Nov, 2014, 04.00 AM IST
- Rs 25,000 crore kitty for tackling climate change: Ramesh
India 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...
21 Aug, 2010, 06.18 PM IST