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Nepal's flood disaster and the impact of climate change loom large in the icy shadow of Mont BlancMont Blanc's glaciers are rapidly retreating due to climate warming and heat waves. Permafrost is thawing, causing increased rock falls and...- The Himalayas look unchanged from below, but something is happening high in the mountains — Nepal’s disaster offers a frightening clueA recent disaster in Nepal highlights growing instability in the warming Himalayas. Massive rock and ice collapses unleash destructive floo...
- As climate change warms the Himalayas, disasters like the Nepal floods are becoming more frequentRecent flash floods in Nepal and China killed over one thousand people. High mountain glaciers are melting, increasing flood frequency and ...
- What is a glacial collapse? The science behind the Nepal-Tibet floodsA glacial collapse occurs when a large mass of ice and rock suddenly breaks from a mountain slope, potentially triggering avalanches, debri...
- Himalayan flood crises linked to geological instability, climate change: Professor Ravindra KhaiwalNepal's flood crises stem from geological instability and climate change, not just rainfall. The Bhotekoshi flood disaster has claimed 626 ...
- At about 11,000 feet, a Tibetan Plateau solar farm still used for sheep grazing made nearby soil freeze earlier and thaw laterA solar farm in Tibet has unexpectedly made the ground colder. Researchers found the soil beneath panels stayed frozen for fifty extra days...
- In the 1950s, a Soviet engineer proposed damming the Bering Strait and pumping the ocean to melt the Arctic, a deliberate plan to thaw the top of the world and warm SiberiaA Soviet engineer proposed damming the Bering Strait to warm the Arctic. This ambitious plan aimed to melt ice and change global weather pa...
- In 2005, scientists thawed 32,000-year-old organisms frozen since the Ice Age, and they started swimming almost immediately, challenging everything we knew about life's limitsNASA scientists made a groundbreaking discovery deep inside Alaskan permafrost. They defrosted 32,000-year-old bacteria frozen since the an...
- Can thickening Arctic ice with seawater slow its decline? Successful trial faces major hurdlesScientists tested a method to thicken Arctic sea ice by pumping seawater. This process created a thicker and more reflective ice layer duri...
- The Arctic is sitting on a 63-billion-ton carbon secret, and scientists are concernedBeneath the Arctic’s frozen surface lies a hidden carbon reserve of nearly 63 billion tons. As rising temperatures thaw ancient permafrost,...
- Ancient squirrels ate meat like 'zombies,' and the proof is in the poopFrozen ancient squirrel feces from Canada's Yukon have revealed a lost Ice Age world. These coprolites, dating back up to 700,000 years, co...
- ‘Zombie Worm’ awakens after 24,000 years: Scientists revive a frozen worm that can survive freezing, starvation and even reproduce without partner‘Zombie Worm’ revived by scientists: A 24,000-year-old microscopic worm, a bdelloid rotifer, has been revived from Siberian permafrost, ast...
- The whole world is on alert because of a giant mercury bomb that is about to explodeA possible giant mercury bomb concealed in Arctic permafrost could prove to be a disaster. It is home to hazardous chemicals that could end...
- Arctic contains 'giant mercury bomb'? How it may impact food?Melting arctic permafrost may impact food system by releasing mercury in water. Here's what report has said.
- New virus revived after 50,000 years; what to know about the Zombie virusZombie viruses have been dormant for many years due to being trapped inside the ice and have come to life after the ice melted. Researchers...
- ‘Zombie Virus’: See 50,000 years old virus found in SiberiaA 50,000-year-old virus has been discovered in the Siberian permafrost, the layer below the topsoil that preserves various microbes and vir...
- Scientists awakened 50,000-year-old zombie virus in Siberian permafrost. Read hereDeep below in Siberia's permafrost, scientists found 13 ancient zombie viruses preserved in the ice. Read here for all details.
- Melting may cause more abrupt changes in ArcticThe study, published in ‘Nature Climate Change’, suggests that the severity of wildfires could double from one year to the next, and remain...
- 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...
- Economic impact of Arctic melt could amount to 2.4 trillion dollars by 2050In a new report, scientists have determined that the economic impact of losing the Arctic's climate-cooling services could total a minimum ...
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