This summer was the hottest on record for the northern hemisphere, says NOAA

Planet Earth suffers third-hottest three-month season and second-warmest August, according to US’ weather agency

World’s oldest asteroid strike in western Australia might have triggered a global thaw

Models show that if the Yarrabubba asteroid hit an ice sheet 5 km thick, more than 200 billion tonne water vapour would be ejected 

Arctic Sea ice saw largest decline in 41 years in July 2019: NCPOR

Loss of ice cover in the Arctic Sea has had strong effects on components of climate system, such as reduction of heat and momentum, water vapour &…

Accelerated ice melts in Greenland triggers alarm

The phenomenon is likely to increase estimates of global sea level rise

आर्कटिक में बदल रहा है बर्फ के पिघलने का समय

ग्लोबल वार्मिंग के चलते आर्कटिक में गर्मियों का तापमान सामान्य से अधिक हो गया है। जिसक सीधा असर वहां के पेड़-पौधों पर पड़ रहा ...

नदियों से जल्दी उतर जाता है बर्फ का आवरण, वैज्ञानिकों ने जताई चिंता

पृथ्वी की आधी से अधिक नदियां हर साल जम जाती हैं। ये जमी हुई नदियां लोगों और उद्योगों के लिए महत्वपूर्ण हैं तथा ग्रीनहाउस ...

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 …

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

Recipe for rice

The two recently-published incomplete rice genome sequences do not in any way undermine the ten-country effort at a complete sequencing of the …

Melting season in Arctic longer by about five days: NASA report

An ice-free Arctic Ocean during the summer might be reached this century, say experts

Greenland’s sub-glacial lakes dried out in weeks, say studies

Researchers are worried these sudden phenomena may accelerate melting of the ice sheet

Simply Put: Shrinking GDP

Global warming is universal, speedy and worldwide: Study

In contrast, other well-known cold and warm snaps of the past were more regional

India gets re-elected as observer to Arctic Council

China, South Korea, Singapore, Italy and Japan also have Observer status at the Council

Iceberg twice the area of New York City to break off Antarctica

The break could happen anytime this year or early next year, say experts

‘Next solar cycle may be stronger than previous one’

Study debunks theory of a global cooling phase compensating for global warming  

Poaching, climate change cause sharp decline in reindeer population in Siberia

Hunting of wild reindeer in violations to timing and amount has reduced reindeer population from one million to 400,000

'The Arctic will have a whole new face by 2050'

The Arctic changes faster than any other region and is a crucial indicator of climate change. The Norwegian Polar Institute, Norway, launched a …

Global warming, sea-ice loss intensify polar bear decline

Polar bear populations are expected to decline in the Arctic Circle region, said a study published July 20, 2020 in journal Nature.

धूल के कारण हिमालय की ऊंचाइयों में तेजी से पिघल रही है बर्फ

पश्चिमी हिमालय के ऊंचे पहाड़ों में उड़ने वाली धूल ने वहां की बर्फ को पिघलाने में पहले की तुलना में एक बड़ी भूमिका निभाई ...

Scientists looked at sea levels 125,000 years in the past. The results are terrifying

Antarctica, long thought to be the “sleeping giant” of sea level rise, is actually a key player

Scientists set to explore 100,000 year-old ocean under Antarctic ice

The 45-member team hopes to find clues of evolution and mobility of marine life

Many current climate models could be wrong about global warming: Study

Even if global warming is limited to 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels this century, rapid polar warming may release additional …

Arctic birds face disappearing breeding grounds as climate warms

For birds migrating to the top of the world, the warming climate could severely contract the available space they have to breed

‘We are skipping a whole glacial cycle’

A study has found that even moderate human emissions of 1,000-1,500 gigatonnes of carbon would postpone the next glacial age by at least 100,000 years