glaciers
- 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…
- Health
Rising temperatures to cut 80% volume of Himalayan glaciers by 2100: Study
Kathmandu: Existing levels of increase in global temperatures can lead to about 80 per cent loss in the current volume of glaciers in the Hindu Kush Himalayan region by the end of…
- India
Hindu Kush Himalayan region set to lose 80 pc of glaciers by 2100; Report
New Delhi: The Hindu Kush Himalayan region, which encompasses the highest mountain ranges in the world and contains the largest volume of ice on Earth outside the polar regions, is projected to lose…
- Science
Greenland glaciers melting three times faster than 20th Century: Study
London: There has been widespread and intense mass loss of glaciers and ice caps in Greenland at a rate that is three times faster than seen in the 20th Century, finds an…