Alaska sees record temperatures in heatwave
An "all-time high" temperature record has been set in the US state of Alaska, despite much of the country sitting in the Arctic circle. Temperatures peaked at 32.22 Celsius (90F) on 4 July at an airport
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Global sea ice diminishing, finds new NASA study
Earth has been shedding sea ice at an average annual rate of 35,000 square kilometres since 1979, a new NASA study has found. “Even though Antarctic sea ice reached a new record maximum this past September,
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Climate change, melting glaciers make Iceland spring upward like a trampoline
Sea levels aren’t the only things rising due to climate change — swaths of land are too, including the nation of Iceland. That’s according to a new study published by a team of geologists from the University
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Earth's Dashboard Is Flashing Red—Are Enough People Listening?
A Pew Research Center survey, released last week as part of a broader report on science and society, found that only 50 percent of Americans believe that humans are mostly responsible for climate change,
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Climate change forces new ecological states in tropical Andean lakes
Air temperatures in the tropical Andes have risen at an accelerated rate relative to the global average over recent decades. However, the effects of climate change on Andean lakes, which are vital to sustaining
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A comprehensive approach and methods for glacial lake outburst flood risk assessment, with examples from Nepal and the transboundary area
Like other mountainous areas, Nepal is highly vulnerable to glacial lake outburst floods (GLOFs), and this vulnerability has increased due to climate change. Risk reduction strategies must be based on
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Pakistan pushes climate change back up political agenda
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has reinstated its ministry for climate change, suggesting the government plans to pay more attention to the issue as countries prepare a new international deal to curb global warming.
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Rising Temps Causing Greenland's Meltwater Lakes to Drain at Dramatic Rate
Rising temperatures are causing Greenland's meltwater lakes to drain at a dramatic rate, disappearing in a matter of just a few weeks, according to a new study. One of the sub-glacial lakes once held
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Rutgers study shows sea level rising faster than thought
Global sea-level has been rising about 2.5 times faster during the past 20 years than it has for the preceding eight decades of the 20th century, according to a newly published study in the journal Nature.
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What happens with all the organic carbon released from melting glaciers?
As the Earth warms and glaciers all over the world begin to melt, researchers and public policy experts have focused largely on how all of that extra water will contribute to sea level rise. But another
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Climate change takes toll on winter tourism in Kashmir
Study says winter tourism in Valley may not sustain after 10 yrs due to less snow Climate change is beginning to affect Kashmir’s economy especially tourism as predicted by a Kashmir University study