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Since 2004, Switzerland has covered parts of eight glaciers with white blankets; protected ice melted about 59% less, preserving up to 350,000 cubic metres a yearSince 2004, giant white sheets have been deployed over Swiss glaciers to combat ice melt by reflecting solar radiation and altering energy ...- Save the world's glaciers to save the planet: UNSaving the world's shrinking glaciers is a "survival strategy" for the planet, the UN said on Tuesday, a day after President Donald Trump a...
- ‘Doomsday’ glacier set to melt faster, swell seas as world heats upNew research by British and American scientists indicates that tidal action under the Thwaites Glacier in Antarctica will accelerate meltin...
- Cutting pollution to Covid pandemic level may prevent Himalayan glaciers from disappearing: StudyReducing air pollution to levels seen during the COVID-19 lockdown could safeguard Himalayan glaciers from vanishing by the century's end, ...
- Major Himalayan rivers like Indus, Ganges and Brahmaputra will see their flows reduced as glaciers recede: UN ChiefIn Asia, 10 major rivers originate in the Himalaya region, supplying freshwater to 1.3 billion people living in its watershed. "As glaciers...
- Third of world heritage glaciers under threat, warns UNESCO studyA third of the glaciers on the UNESCO World Heritage list are under threat, regardless of efforts to limit temperature increases, a study c...
- Third of world heritage glaciers under threat, warns Unesco study
- Black carbon deposits are accelerating glaciers and snow melt in Himalayan ranges says World BankIt is generated by human activity both inside and outside South Asia. It is part of a larger basket of aerosols that impact climate change ...
- J&K glaciers melting at 'significant' rate, study findsThe study, published in the journal Scientific Reports, was carried over the Jammu, Kashmir, and Ladakh region, including areas across the ...
- Climate change is natural, not just man-made: ExpertsAs the world grapples with climate change and methods to tackle natural and man-induced disasters, the role of science should be to provide...
- Mountain of trash may be driving Himalayas to disasterExperts say that continuous storage of huge quantities of water has turned lakes on high mountains into potential "water bombs" for the pop...
- Antarctica's collapsing ice shelves may disappear in 200 yearsA number of floating ice shelves in Antarctica are at risk of disappearing entirely in the next 200 years, as global warming reduces their ...
- 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...
- Rise in global temperatures may impact monsoon, farm yields: ReportAn expected 2°C rise in the world's average temperatures in the next decades will make India's monsoon highly unpredictable, a report commi...
- Glaciers in Himachal receding alarminglyGlaciers in Himachal Pradesh are receding very quickly due to climate change and have shrunk by 449 sq mt since 1962.
- Tibetan glaciers retreating, earlier study flawed: ReportMost glaciers on the Tibetan plateau and around it are rapidly melting says the latest study based on 30 years of satellite data and also a...
- 'IPCC based ice report on student essay'The UN climate change panel based claims about ice disappearing from the world's mountain peaks on an essay by a student and an anecdotal a...
- 'Annual mean temperature for country has risen by .52 degree'Annual mean temperature for the country as a whole has risen by .52 degree celsius in the past 107 years since 1901, according to a data an...
- 'No immediate threat to Gangotri that feeds river Ganga'Even if Gangotri retreats at 20 m per annum, it will last for 1,500 years. The Himalayas are conducive for the preservation of glaciers.
- Gangotri: From here to eternitySome of India's leading scientists believe there's no immediate or even medium-term threat to the glacier that feeds the Ganga.
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