glacier
- Science
50% of world’s glaciers will vanish with 1.5 degrees of warming: Study
New York: If the world reaches 1.5 degrees Celsius of warming, 50 per cent of the glaciers would disappear and contribute 9 cm to sea level rise by 2100, finds an alarming…
- World
Antarctic glacier may cross tipping point, raise sea level
London: Pine Island Glacier — a region of fast-flowing ice draining in West Antarctica — may cross tipping points, which can lead to future global sea-level rise, researchers have found. Pine Island Glacier…
- News
Funeral held for ‘dead’ glacier in Switzerland
Bern: At least 250 people hiked up to the Pizol Glacier in the Glarus Alps to hold a funeral for the ice sheet which is disappearing due to global warming. “Pizol glacier…
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Iceland honours first glacier lost to climate change
Reykjavik: Iceland is planning to mark the passing of Okjokull, its first glacier lost to climate change which threatens some 400 others on the subarctic island. On August 18, a plaque will…
