Melting uncertainty

Debris cover also affects glacial retreat rate

Sinking planks

Phytoplankton production could damage oceanic ecosystems

COP27: 18 countries join group on cryosphere loss, see it as major contributor to sea-level rise

Melting glaciers, ice sheets, permafrost will impact polar, mountain countries & low-lying countries alike, delcaration says

A flood without rain

Accelerated melting of glaciers floods Bhakra Nangal dam

Climate crisis in North East India: What is behind water scarcity in the region

Drying up of water springs, land degradation, sandy soils of the Brahamputra point to a grim situation in the region

Droughts after deluges

As the glaciers recede, the frequency of natural hazards such as floods and cloudbursts will increase

'Ministries play the blame game'

Jagdish Bahadur, an expert on glaciers and former joint advisor, department of science and technology, and Syed Iqbal Hasnain, who heads the …

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

Melting into oblivion

With rising atmospheric temperatures, glaciers worldwide are rapidly melting. This is a disaster in the making that is yet to be acknowledged

Flow fact

Receding Himalayan glaciers would not affect river flow

Indian scientists return with rare plant samples from Arctic

Climate crisis in North East India: Monsoon variations should ring alarm bells NOW

Over the past century or so, rainfall in the region, along with the flood-drought cycle, has changed character for the worse. The phenomenon has …

Glacial melt? Need more studies

Ministries differ on how serious the melting of Himalayan glaciers is

Glacier through drone's eye

Researchers use new technology to gather data in rugged, inaccessible Himalayan terrain

Himalayan glaciers are thinning

ISRO’s analysis needs further investigation to conclude trend

Heat before the cold

Local lessons

Taking climate change negotiations out of international discussion boards to the villages

In Short

Climate crisis in North East India: How geography, rainfall variations define calamity course

DTE analyses geography of 8 northeastern states and shows what changing climate and rainfall patterns mean for the region  

Scrutinising disasters

FLOOD STUDIES IN INDIA Kale, Vishwas S . Geological Society of India (Memoir; 41) . Bangalore . 1998 . 256 pp

Eco-socialism to fight climate change

With Lima failing to tackle critical issues on global warming, Bolivia outlines socialist project to save the planet

Russia reneging on Kyoto?

The earth is hotter than it has been in the past 2000 years and the largest ice shelf in the Artic has broken into two after having existed for …

Greenland crisis

Study shows glaciers in Greenland are thinning

Terminal retreat

Four glaciers of the Baspa basin may dry up due to global warming