Peak pressure

Scorching reality

The world might never witness an ice age again, thanks to global warming

Gold diggers

Mining company plans to move three glaciers in Chile

Skeleton Lake

What happens when ice melts in the Roopkund tarn?

Himalayan water-sharing system endangered

Modern practices are threatening to break up an unusual water-tapping and water-sharing process in Himachal Pradesh. Devised hundreds of years ago,…

Getting to the core

Drilling of ice cores in the Himalayan glaciers reveal that global warming is altering climate patterns

Ice does not lie

Says the eminent Alaskan scientist Maynard Miller. manu n kulkarni visits this land of the midnight sun to know what causes its glaciers to …

'Farmers in Ladakh are among biggest victims of climate change'

After inventing the first artificial glacier in 1987, Chewang Norphel came to be known as “Ice Man of India”. He talks about how …

Simply Put: Shrinking GDP

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Bacteria in glaciers

Right picture

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  

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

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

United Nations

Tapping technology

Hot spots

Global warming will lead to water scarcity in Asia

Great Siberian thaw

Methane, carbon dioxide will be released on a huge scale

Dry winter: Water levels in dams on Himachal rivers decline to half of their capacity; experts warn of thirsty summer

Snow & rain during December and January was supposed to replenish state’s glaciers  

These are India’s climate hotspots

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

Glacial lake keeps disaster managers on toes in Sikkim

Floods caused due to outbursts of glacial lakes are a matter of concern in Sikkim Himalayan region

‘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, …

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

Bavarian glaciers shrinking ‘rapidly’, says study

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