When mountain comes melting

Fast-receding glaciers will impact water supplies and disrupt economic activities in mountain regions—in the not-too-distant future

Climate change likely to trigger frequent and severe volcanic eruptions: Studies

Rainfall can destabilise the lava domes of a volcano leading to eruptions; it can also infiltrate the subsurface, causing magma to rise  

These are India’s climate hotspots

India is home to 72% of the 750 million people exposed to climate change hazards in South Asia

‘Rising mercury is making Nepal glaciers vulnerable’

Changing nature of glaciers and glacial lakes make the Himalayas one of the most climate vulnerable regions on the planet. Rijan Bhakta Kayastha, …

Climate change in Third Pole: As glaciers melt, two lakes grow larger; NASA releases images

The two lakes — Chibzhang Co and Dorsoidong Co — in the Hindu Kush Himalaya region grew larger between October 1987 and 2021&…

Bavarian glaciers shrinking ‘rapidly’, says study

Four out of five glaciers could disappear entirely within the next twenty years, it warns

Melting glaciers: We need to keep an eye out on these states, Union Territories

There are 25 glacial lakes and water bodies in India, China, and Nepal that have seen a 40% increase in water spread area since 2009. They pose a …

Chamoli disaster: Why proposed glaciology centre in Uttarakhand was shelved

A glaciology centre was approved for construction in the Himalayan region in 2009; in 2020, it was merged with another institute there 

Answer to ‘Karakoram Anomaly’ found?

Scientists say the reason behind the Karakoram Range’s glaciers not being affected by climate change could be intensification of irrigation …

Glaciers in 50 iconic UNESCO World Heritage sites will be gone by 2050

Mount Everest and Kilimanjaro, Yellowstone National Park, the Pyrenees and the Andes ranges, all will lose glaciers, according to UNESCO

Slow drowning of Tibetan grasslands fenced in by Beijing

Drastic changes are being set-off in the sensitive Tibetan region, but climate change is not the only culprit 

Whose mandate? UNSC not appropriate forum say India, Russia and Brazil as Council debates sea-level rise

Over 70 leaders call for considering climate change impacts on security before conflicts break out or worsen

Glacial melt's carbon connection

Against the flow

Floods blacked out but real

Antarctica shrinking much faster than thought

The hockey-stick curve

The problem of and solutions to climate change. The imperatives of transition on the eve of the Bali meet