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 report will point a finger at humans
A landmark report from the world's top climate scientists this week is likely to say with heightened certainty that humans are behind the planet's rising temperatures, and that surface temperatures are
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Community-based flood and glacial lake project initiated
In order to reduce human casualties and economic losses to glacial lake outburst floods (GLOFs) and catastrophic flashfloods in the high-altitude and Tarai districts, respectively, the government on Wednesday
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Stubborn things
IN 2007 the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), a body of scientists, said the glaciers of the Himalayas could melt by 2035. This was complete fiction. It also said global surface temperatures
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Stubborn things
IN 2007 the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), a body of scientists, said the glaciers of the Himalayas could melt by 2035. This was complete fiction. It also said global surface temperatures
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Planet racing towards 2°C temperature rise
May Reach Tipping Point In 25 Yrs: IPCC The report issued on September 27 by the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) may sound similar to the one issued five years ago — after all, it says that humanity is causing climate change, though with more certainty. But on two key aspects this report has categorically said what was never said before.
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New UN climate change report
The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has been leading the effort in collecting scientific evidence of climate change and in looking to answer the most important question,
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Climate Change 2013: The Physical Science Basis
"Climate Change 2013: The Physical Science Basis" is the contribution of Working Group I to the Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. This comprehensive assessment of
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95% likelihood climate change is manmade says IPCC
On Friday the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is expected to release the first of four volumes of its fifth comprehensive assessment of scientific knowledge on climate change, known as AR5. The
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Climate change report will point a finger at humans
A landmark report from the world's top climate scientists this week is likely to say with heightened certainty that humans are behind the planet's rising temperatures, and that surface temperatures are
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Climate change to have double impact - study
New research shows traditional IPCC models could be underestimating global warming due to feedbacks As the world awaits the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's (IPCC) latest verdict on the state