Eroding coasts need protection—and new solutions are at hand
Seawalls and other common strategies to control erosion don’t always protect the land. Another possibility? Living shorelines
Why remote Antarctica is so important in a warming world
Given what rising sea levels could mean for the world, we must maintain our longstanding view of Antarctica as the most remote continent
Towards breaking point
The imminent calving of ice shelf, Larsen C, will reduce Antarctica to its smallest ever size. Is global warming responsible?
Methane, other short-lived greenhouse gases cause long-term sea-level rise: study
Even greenhouse gases that don’t last long in the atmosphere can have centuries-long impact on sea level
Upper oceans hottest in 2020 despite lower emissions due to COVID-19 lockdowns
Heat content was 20 zetta joules higher than in 2019
IPCC Special Report: India under constant threat of cyclones, coastal flooding
This report emphasises on what several scientists and researchers have been saying for a while now
Sea levels along Indian coast rising at faster rate than global average: WMO report
Such a sea-level rise could have major consequences for the millions of people living along the Indian coastline
Half of world’s sandy beaches could disappear due to sea level rise by 2100
Even assuming better outcome for action on climate change, where global emissions peak around 2040, well 37% of beaches will be lost by 2100
11,000 scientists warn: Climate change isn’t just about temperature
A new paper track a broad set of indicators to convey the effects of human activities on greenhouse gas emissions, and the consequent impacts on …
Climate change drives Australian mammal to extinction
Barrier Reef rodent is the first documented extinction of a mammal species due to man-made climate change
Will climate-induced migration feature at COP21?
People in small island nations and vulnerable deltas, which perhaps had no role in the greenhouse gas emissions changing the world's climate, are …
Why is Greenland ice sheet melting faster this September? Experts weigh in
Typically the ice sheet loses ice in the summer and gains mass in the months after
Stolen Shorelines: Journalist’s powerful documentary about dangers facing Kerala’s coastal towns
The 30-minute English-language film will be released end of May 2022
Glaciers in western Canada to lose 70 per cent volume by 2100: study
Runoff from the melting ice will peak between 2020 and 2040
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
Rising sea levels indicate new threat to Antarctic ice sheets, finds Stanford study
Enderby-Kemp, George V Land in east Antarctica most vulnerable to basal thaw or melting of ice sheets’ bed
15 million in Asia’s cities can be affected by sea-level rise by 2030: Greenpeace
$724 billion in Gross Domestic Product could be impacted due to extreme sea-level rise and coastal flooding by 2030
Factsheet: Climate change FAQs
Climate change refers to a change of climate attributed directly or indirectly to human activity that alters the composition of the global …
Extreme floods to increase economic loss 166 times in coastal megacities: IPCC
These cities with over 10 million populations, including Mumbai, are likely to lose at least $1 trillion annually by 2050, finds the report
Sea level may rise 1.1 metre by 2100: IPCC
This is likely to have a direct impact on the lives of 680 million people living in low-lying coastal zones, according to the report
A million-year-old marine DNA can reveal how climate change will affect Antarctica
New form of analysis helps scientists study long-term responses of ocean ecosystems
Slow death
World’s glaciers are melting fast, but not so in Asia
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (October 16, 2023)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
Meltwater is hydro-fracking Greenland’s ice sheet through millions of hairline cracks — destabilising its internal structure
This is a tragedy in making for half a billion people populating vulnerable coastal regions
The Antarctic ice sheet is melting. And this is bad news for humanity
If left unchecked, the complete melting of the West Antarctic ice sheet would cause a global sea level increase of 3.3 metres in the …
