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GLACIER RETREAT IMPACT
A 650-foot mega tsunami struck Greenland, and scientists detected something even stranger afterward- A 481-meter tsunami in Alaska's Tracy Arm Fjord, triggered when a mountainside collapsed beside a retreating glacier, shows how warming can quietly prime a tourist spot for disaster
- A tiny lake beside Canada’s oldest ice mass creates a surreal scene from space
- NGT issues notice to Centre over hanging glacier danger in central HimalayaThe National Green Tribunal has sought responses from the Centre and other bodies concerning the danger posed by hanging glaciers in the ce...26 Apr, 2026, 02.21 PM IST
- Sanctity of glaciersGlaciers, revered as life-givers, are declining due to global warming. This retreat devastates ecosystems and water supplies. It also deepl...22 Mar, 2026, 11.39 PM IST
- Swiss glaciers shrank 3% this year, the fourth-biggest retreat on recordSwiss glaciers faced "enormous" melting this year, losing 3% of their total volume, marking the fourth-largest annual drop on record. This ...02 Oct, 2025, 10.32 AM IST
- ‘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...20 Sep, 2024, 11.02 AM IST
- Greenland has lost more ice than previously thought: StudyClimate change has led Greenland's ice sheet to lose 20% more ice than previously anticipated, according to a study released Wednesday that...18 Jan, 2024, 10.15 AM IST
- Two years before Sikkim flash floods, there was a warningA recent flash flood in Sikkim's Teesta river basin has highlighted the risks associated with South Lhonak lake. A study published in 2021 ...06 Oct, 2023, 07.24 AM IST
- On Earth Day 2022, Google Doodle's wake-up call! Stark time-lapse images show impact of climate crisisThis year's theme for Earth Day is 'Invest In Our Planet'.22 Apr, 2022, 11.20 AM IST
- Gangotri glacier retreated by 0.23 sq km between 2001-16, govt tells Rajya Sabha"According to information received from the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), in-situ measurements show the black carbon concentra...24 Mar, 2022, 09.05 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
- Unabated climate change may lead to sea-level rise by ice loss in Antarctic, shows studyThe ice loss would cause to withdraw up to 300 km inland and release vast quantities of water, contributing up to 3 meters of sea-level ris...19 May, 2016, 02.52 PM IST
- 87% of Himalayan glaciers stable since 2001: Environment Minister Prakash JavadekarAs many as 248 of 2,018 or 12.3% of Himalayan glaciers are "retreating" while 18 are advancing, environment minister, Prakash Javadekar tol...15 Dec, 2015, 11.29 AM IST
- 87% of Himalayan glaciers stable since 2001: JavadekarAs many as 248 of 2,018 or 12.3% of Himalayan glaciers are “retreating” while 18 are advancing, environment minister, Prakash Javadekar tol...15 Dec, 2015, 07.23 AM IST
- 248 glaciers retreating in the entire HimalayasThere are 34,191 glaciers in the entire Himalayas and 248 of these are 'retreating' while 18 are 'advancing', the Rajya Sabha was informed.14 Dec, 2015, 04.54 PM IST
- Everest glaciers may retreat 70% by end of century, warns new studyver 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 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
- Himalayan glaciers shrank 16% in 50 yrs: IsroHimalayan glaciers retreated by 16% in the last nearly five decades due to climate change, investigations by India’s scientists in selected...28 Mar, 2010, 01.01 AM IST
- Govt findings on Himalayan glaciers misleading: NGOTerming the environment ministry's recent report on non-receding of Himalayan glaciers as false complacency, a research foundation on ecolo...17 Nov, 2009, 08.45 PM IST
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