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
Glacial Melt
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Climate Change Affecting Coastlines
Climate change is causing sea levels to rise in the country as well as changing coastlines, say experts. “Land in and around Diamond Harbour, near the southern suburbs of Kolkata, is sinking and sea
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Let’s keep the sea level
As we prepare to celebrate World Environment Day, let’s pause a while and take a look around us. What can we do to stem the damage? What can we do to save our world? All through the year we tend to
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Glacier feeding Indus tributary melting fast, JNU study says
This could be worrisome for Himalayan glaciers. A team from Jawaharlal Nehru University has found significantly accelerated ice melting on Chhota Shigri glacier in Lahaul and Spiti over the last 10 years.
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Climate Change Meets Kitchen Table as Issue Gets Personal
If President Barack Obama has his way, the conversation on climate change will shift from polar bears and melting glaciers to droughts in Iowa and more childhood asthma across the nation. The White
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Americans care deeply about 'global warming' – but not 'climate change'
Barack Obama, scientists and campaigners have all looked at how to engage Americans more powerfully on the environment. Now researchers have come up with one critical piece of advice: do say "global warming",
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Antarctic ice loss has doubled: study
Antarctica is shedding 160 billion tonnes a year of ice into the ocean, twice the amount of a few years ago, according to new satellite observations. The ice loss is adding to the rising sea levels driven
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Study paints alarming picture of glacial retreat
Nepal’s mountains lost a glacier area of 1,266 square kilometres, 24 percent of the total glaciated area of the country between 1977 and 2010, a study has shown. The findings of a new research made
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Glaciers in Tibetan Plateau shrinking rapidly: Report
BEIJING: Glaciers in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, home to several Himalayan rivers, have been shrunk by 15 per cent in the past three decades and the situation could worsen in future due to global warming,
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Global warming threatens more deadly Everest-like avalanches: report
Mountaineering tourism in Nepal faces a threat from global warming as melting glaciers feed the risk of more deadly disasters such as the avalanche on Mount Everest that killed 16 people last month, scientists
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Water goes 'missing' with snow loss
A new study finds that if temperatures rise and more precipitation falls as rain rather than snow, it will reduce the total amount of water in rivers. It is a surprising observation. One might expect