Human activities slowed down Earth’s rotation

Earth has become slightly less spherical & more flattened due to movement of water from pole to equator

Europe fastest-warming continent, shows WMO 2023 report

European waters were the warmest on record in 2023

India loses natural resources to economic growth: report

11 states have registered a decline in natural capital between 2005 and 2015 

Antarctic iceberg, once Earth’s biggest, suffers major split

The moving ice giant has been floating away from Antarctica since 2017

Ice shelves of Antarctica’s Pine Island Glacier may go earlier than expected

The melting of the glacier could result in a 0.5 metre global sea-level rise

As told to Parliament (February 8, 2023): No starvation death reported by states or UTs, Smriti Irani tells Rajya Sabha

All that was discussed in the House through the day

Arctic Report Card 2022: The Arctic is getting rainier, seasons are shifting, with broad disturbances for people, ecosystems

Ship traffic in the Arctic is also increasing, bringing new risks to fragile ecosystems

I’ve spent 40 years studying Antarctica. The frozen continent has never needed our help more

Antarctica matters; what happens there affects global weather patterns and sea levels

Climate emergency: Tipping points are already here, scientists warn

Limited time available to shift priorities to alleviate climate crisis  

East Africa is losing its glaciers at astonishing speed, all on Kilimanjaro retreating

Compared to previous estimations, the overall area has declined by more than a half of its early 21st-century extent

World on brink of 6 interconnected risk tipping points: UN report

Human activities driving risk tipping points like extinctions, depleting groundwater, melting glaciers, space debris, unbearable heat and …

Antarctic ice melting at a rate that led to the end of last ice age: Study

Researchers found that between 2010 and 2016 the base of ice near the floor of the ocean has shrunk by 1,463 sq km, roughly the size of Delhi

Melting ice effect: 3 of 4 Greenlanders want govt to consider selling sand

Sizeable portion of Greenland’s indigenous population wants their leadership to evaluate the effects of sand exports and extraction on the …

Cold desert regions need special attention: Experts

The expanse of deserts in these regions appears to be growing because of progressive melting of glaciers due to climate change

Disappearing sea ice is changing the whole ecosystem of the Arctic Ocean

A warmer Arctic could disrupt ocean circulation and global weather systems, while permafrost will continue to thaw, potentially releasing …

Now, Arctic’s oldest and strongest ice starts to melt

This ‘last ice area’, which had never seen ice melting, saw its ice break twice this year owing to global warming

'Floods were never seen as disaster; they were a blessing for our village'

River Kosi has been changing its course whimsically, damaging everything in its way, but villagers in North Bihar are rebuilding their lives …

Smaller Himalayan glaciers more sensitive to climate change

A study shows that small and low-altitude glaciers have lost about 67 per cent of the total basin volume between 1984 and 2012

Melting Mongolian ice reveals fragile artifacts that provide clues about how past people lived

Ice patches also preserve ‘ecofacts’ that trace important ecological changes, like shifting tree lines or changing animal habitats

Political tension doesn’t leave any spotlight for green issues in J&K

Issues like shrinking of glaciers and rivers and water shortage are neither being addressed in election campaign, nor are they mentioned in …

Unusually warm summers cause glacial melt in Tajikistan

Over 600 people have been displaced due to mud flows and floods caused by the glacial melt

Melting glaciers will cause water crisis for 700 million people in Asia by 2100: study

Scientists have computed global glacier run-off changes for glaciated drainage basins and analysed the glacial impact on stream flow

Greenland is melting: We need to worry about what’s happening on the world’s largest island

The three largest glaciers were responsible for 8.1 millimetre of sea level rise, about 15% of the whole ice sheet’s contribution

Hindu Kush Himalayan region contains 27% less ice than estimated: study

The region is expected to lose half of its present-day glacier area by 2060, says a study on world’s glaciers

Human role in fuelling glacier loss has risen drastically

Sixty-nine per cent of glacier loss between 1991 and 2011 is owing to human-related activities. The figure between 1851 and 2010 is 25 per cent