A peek into Indian monsoon over 8,000 years

A team of Indian researchers has recreated a continuous history of the Indian monsoon, providing new insights into forces governing it

Why did Antarctic Larsen C ice shelf break in 2017? NASA has an answer

Melange, a collection of snow, icebergs and sea ice, has properties similar to glue: It fills cracks or gaps in ice shelves. As it grows thinner, …

Glaciers melted faster in the first decade of 21st century: study

According to the researchers, rising temperatures may affect the dynamics of ice sheets in future

Chamoli glacier burst: It is time to learn from our mistakes

The cumulative effect of hydropower projects has turned out to be more environmentally damaging than sustainable, given the current policy of the …

Ice flow in Antarctica changes with season, can impact sea-level rise estimates

Meltwater reaching base of glaciers or thinning out of ice shelves likely causes 

Greenland’s ice melting rate increases four times in nine years

A research finds that this is a tipping point, which means global warming has brought summertime temperatures in Greenland close to melting point

Glacier breaks in Chamoli, experts blame low snowfall

Use of concrete instead of traditional wood and masonry in the Himalayas is creating a heat-island effect, warming the range, they added

Record ocean warming in 2021, coastal communities should be on alert: Study

This heating will continue until we reach net-zero carbon emissions, say experts

Limiting warming below 1.8°C critical to prevent irreversible loss of ice sheets, rapid sea level rise: Study

Reaching net zero carbon emissions before 2060 is critical to avoid this catastrophe

Humanity’s tipping point? How the Queen’s death stole a climate warning’s thunder

A study published in Science heralded changes that could threaten the future of civil society on this planet but it was Queen’s death …

Arctic sea ice hits its minimum extent for the year — 2 NASA scientists explain what’s driving the overall decline

As the Arctic’s bright ice is replaced by a darker open ocean surface, less of the sun’s radiation is reflected back to space, …

‘Glaciers will continue to decrease in the future even with increased precipitation’

Glaciers in the Mount Everest region provide an important source of water during the pre-monsoon period

Himalayan meltdown: Number of glaciers in Hindu Kush Himalayan region is rising

Rapid warming of the region leads to not only melting of glaciers but also fragmentation, says the area’s first-ever assessment

Atmospheric rivers are hitting the Arctic more often and increasingly melting its sea ice

Sea ice loss also contributes to global warming and to extreme storms that cause economic damage well beyond the Arctic

Megadrought in Chile: Both natural climate factors, human-induced global warming to blame

A quarter of reduction of rainfall a direct result of sea-surface warming    

Glaciers in the Alps are melting faster than ever — and 2022 was their worst summer yet

This year Switzerland’s glaciers have lost an average of 6.2 per cent of their ice

Troubling picture of Antarctica ice shelves: Study finds 40% volume lost in 25 years

Half of them shrinking with no sign of recovery, about 7.5 trillion tonnes of meltwater released into oceans

Climate change unveils new methane source: Groundwater springs of Norway

Emissions to further increase if warming continues, finds study

Major Impact on climate due to extension of Amery Ice Shelf, NCPOR study says

The Amery Ice Shelf is one of the largest glacier drainage basins in the world, located on the east coast of Antarctica

High road to Dubai COP28: Scientists join group in saying 1.5°C warming limit too high

20-nation group point to global impacts on world’s ice sheets, glaciers and cryosphere 

Melting Hindu Kush Himalayas will decrease water in river basins by 2100, warns ICIMOD

Contribution of water from glaciers to Ganges, Brahmaputra and Indus will increase through 2050, then decrease by 2100

Cyclones, locust attacks: Climate disasters, COVID-19 pose dual challenge in South Asia

From flash floods in Pakistan to cyclone in Bay of Bengal, climate-related disasters have compounded COVID-19 crisis in South Asia