UN World Water Development Report 2025
<p>For billions of people, mountain meltwater is essential for drinking water and sanitation, food and energy security, and the integrity of the environment. But today, as the world warms, glaciers are
Glaciers
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Widespread, rapid grounding line retreat of Pine Island, Thwaites, Smith and Kohler glaciers, West Antarctica from 1992 to 2011
We measure the grounding line retreat of glaciers draining the Amundsen Sea Embayment of West Antarctica using Earth Remote Sensing (ERS-1/2) satellite radar interferometry from 1992 to 2011. Pine Island
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World's highest county to build environment station
An environment monitoring station is to be built in Shuanghu, the world's highest county in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, according to a researcher leading the project. Yi Chaolu, with the
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Seasonal variability of organic matter composition in an Alaskan glacier outflow: insights into glacier carbon sources
Glacier ecosystems are a significant source of bioavailable, yet ancient dissolved organic carbon (DOC). Characterizing DOC in Mendenhall Glacier outflow (southeast Alaska) the researchers document a seasonal
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Glacier status in Nepal and decadal change from 1980 to 2010 based on Landsat data
<p><img alt="" src="http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/119/1/ehp.119-a20.g005.png" style="width: 360px; height: 183px; margin: 7px; float: left;" />This publication provides a comprehensive account
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Climate change and sustainable water management in Central Asia
Field observations in Central Asia indicate that the climate has been warming and the consequences of this trend have already been observed. Disasters related to climate change destroy settlements, agricultural
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Climate change indicators in the United States, 2014
This report published by U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) presents 30 indicators to help understand observed long-term trends related to the causes and effects of climate change, the significance of these changes, and their possible consequences for people, the environment, and society.
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Everest glaciers in Tibet have shrunk due to warming
BEIJING: Glaciers on Mount Everest in Tibet have shrunk by 10 per cent over the past 40 years due to global warming, a Chinese researcher said today, warning that climate change has impacted the plateau.
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Climate Change Responses To Shape Asia's Future
Challenges such as extreme weather, rising seas and worsening scarcity of drinking water are forcing many Asian governments to confront the changes being wrought by a warming planet even as some point
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Global land cover SHARE (GLC-SHARE) database
A new FAO database collects previously scattered and unharmonized land cover information from around the globe into one centralized database, marking a major improvement in information regarding the physical
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Sustained mass loss of the northeast Greenland ice sheet triggered by regional warming
The Greenland ice sheet has been one of the largest contributors to global sea-level rise over the past 20 years, accounting for 0.5 mm yr−1 of a total of 3.2 mm yr−1. A significant portion of this contribution