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SCIENTIFIC STUDY ON GLACIERS
Did humans cancel the next ice age? Ancient moss reveals an ice cap growing for centuries and global warming may have reversed it, here's what scientists foundPlants uncovered by melting Arctic ice have revealed a surprising change in its history. Scientists believe that the findings could alter h...- Hanging glacier above Badrinath could trigger avalanche affecting helipad, roads and nearly 400 buildings: StudyA hanging glacier in Badrinath has been identified as a significant avalanche risk to various buildings. The glacier could potentially impa...
- A secret nuclear city was built under Greenland's ice by the USA. In 1967, it was abandoned but something dangerous got left behindNASA rediscovered the remains of Camp Century, a secret US military base buried beneath Greenland’s ice, during a 2024 research flight. Bui...
- New York homeowner finds huge fossil teeth while mowing lawn; excavation revealed rare 11,000-year-old mastodon jaw, which will help study Ice Age ecosystemWhile mowing his lawn in Orange County, New York, a homeowner stumbled upon fossilised mastodon teeth, sparking the interest of researchers...
- Greenland is in the global spotlight after the new US security deal — now scientists have mapped the hidden world beneath its iceScientists have revealed the intricate landscape hidden beneath the Greenland Ice Sheet, mapping nearly 2,000 subglacial valleys. These val...
- 134-Partner Himalay Unnati Mission Coalition Seeks Himalayan Authority, Early-Warning Network as Disasters IntensifyCoalition led by The Art of Living and theInternational Association for Human Values to study cloudbursts, landslides andglacier hazards ac...
- 'Earth has lost over 12 trillion tonnes of ice in 47 years'About 12.5 trillion tonnes of ice have melted from polar regions since 1979. Warmer ocean waters are causing five-sixths of this significan...
- In 2009, NASA started conducting the largest airborne survey of Earth's polar ice under Operation IceBridge to bridge the observational gap between ICESat and ICESat-2In 2009, NASA started conducting the largest airborne survey of Earth's polar ice under Operation IceBridge to bridge the observational gap...
- Can artificial snow save a melting glacier? Scientists tested cloud seeding on China’s Muz Taw Glacier and found a surprising change in ice lossScientists experimented with cloud seeding to encourage snowfall on China's Muz Taw Glacier. This artificial snow increased the glacier's r...
- Global warming: From Nepal to Assam to Kerala, nature’s fury is colliding with unchecked developmentThe Himalayan region is facing increasingly frequent and unpredictable extreme weather, with glacier collapses, flash floods and landslides...
- Does the Nepal glacier collapse signal a new climate risk?Does the devastating flooding unleashed by the collapse of a section of glacier in the Nepalese Himalayas signal a new kind of risk in a wo...
- Rock-ice avalanches: The silent Himalayan killer behind Nepal's deadly floodRecent floods in Nepal's Rasuwa district highlight rock-ice avalanches. These events, which can trigger destructive downstream floods, are ...
- 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...
- 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 ...
- 67 vulnerable glacial lakes identified in Himachal; early warning systems planned for four in Kinnaur, Lahaul-SpitiHimachal Pradesh has identified sixty-seven vulnerable glacial lakes across its high-altitude regions. Early warning systems are being esta...
- China-Nepal glacial flood alert system warned of seven disasters – but missed this oneA China-Nepal warning system had successfully issued seven alerts for glacial hazards, but Wednesday’s deadly ice-rock avalanche exposed it...
- In 1923, a geologist said a sudden, catastrophic Ice Age flood carved Washington's landscape. Scientists rejected him for decades. At 96, he received geology's highest honorJ. Harlen Bretz, a pioneering geologist, introduced a groundbreaking theory about the Ice Age floods sculpting eastern Washington's terrain...
- Isro: 75% of Himalayan glaciers retreatingWhile 75% of Himalayan glaciers are on the retreat the average shrinkage is 3.75km during the 15 years under study of Isro satellite images.
- Smaller glaciers more vulnerable to climate change: StudySmaller Himalayan glaciers are proving much more vulnerable to climate change than the area's larger glaciers, says a new report contradict...
- Centre planned to study melting of Himalayan glaciersA glaciology centre, the first of its kind in the country, will be set up in one of the Himalayan states to study melting of glaciers, amid...
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