Glacial melting — an emerging climatic threat
With the world confronting global warming and accelerated glacial melting, countries like Pakistan are under severe pressure of Glacial Lake Outburst Floods (GLOFs) that pose serious threats to human lives and infrastructure in wake of sudden flash floods especially in hilly areas.
In this episode of Climate Now we ask how the Alps are changing as temperatures rise. Melting glaciers mean more sediment in ...
The number of fatalities may be relatively small but each tragedy tells a story about a shifting, more dangerous landscape.
That’s huge, yet not as big as it used to be. “Globally, most glaciers are melting and thinning and retreating much faster now than they were, say, prior to about the year 2000,” Sass said. Here’s ...
An Antarctic glacier could cause global sea levels to rise to devastating levels if it collapses, a team of scientists from ...
The area is home to thousands of glaciers that are melting at an alarming rate in Central Asia, already hard-hit by climate change. A glaciologist, Omarova is recording that process—worried ...
The melting of thousands of glaciers is a major threat to people in the landlocked region that already suffers from a ...
The National Green Tribunal has taken suo motu cognizance of the reduction of glacier sizes, leading to an increase in ...
High temperatures broke records in many parts of Norway this summer, and September is also off to an unusually warm start.
The area is home to thousands of glaciers that are melting at an alarming rate in Central Asia, already hard-hit by ...
The melting of the ice giants does not only bring disadvantages for alpine farmers. Due to the warmer weather, the vegetation ...
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