Glacier Lake outbursts on rise with Warming earth: study By Ground Report 20 Apr 2024 A recent study challenges the conventional understanding of glacial lake outburst floods (GLOFs) triggered by earthquakes. Contrary to common belief, the study found limited empirical support for seismic activity as the primary cause of GLOFs. Read More
Climate crisis in Kashmir, rock glacier raises alarm for future disasters: study By Wahid Bhat 10 Jan 2024 A recent study explored how glaciers in the Kashmir Himalaya's Jhelum basin transform into rock glaciers, and it investigated Read More
The glacier ‘marriages’ in Pakistan’s high Himalayas By Ground report 02 Nov 2023 Glacier in Pakistan; Haider Zaidi and his villagers claim that the glacier fruit blooming above the valley was planted by their ancestors Read More
Climate change impact: Nepal’s snow mountains lose one-third of ice By Ground Report 01 Nov 2023 Antonio Guterres visits Nepal’s snow-covered mountains to issue warning about climate change & melting glaciers. Read More
Black Carbon: hidden threat to glaciers & flash floods in Sikkim By Wahid Bhat 11 Oct 2023 Recent Sikkim floods caused by global warming & black carbon. Learn why climate-related disasters in mountainous regions are increasing Read More
Glacier melt breaks records around the world By Ground report 25 Apr 2023 Glacier melt; The world's glaciers melted at breakneck speed last year, a phenomenon that seems impossible to stop, the UN has warned. Read More
Glacier retreat to reduce Indus, Ganges, Brahmaputra flow: UN Chief By Ground Report 23 Mar 2023 Glacier retreat to reduce Indus; The UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, has expressed a significant worry regarding Read More
How retreat of Machoi glacier impacting lives in Kashmir? By Wahid Bhat 15 Mar 2023 The Machoi glacier is situated in Kashmir's Dras region, with elevations ranging between 3,762 meters and 5,050 meters above sea level. Read More
India, Pakistan among most exposed to flooding by glacial lakes By Ground report 08 Feb 2023 Flooding by glacial lakes; Some fifteen million people worldwide could be threatened by sudden overflows of glacial lakes, and the most Read More
Climate Change: World's glaciers melting faster than expected By Wahid Bhat 07 Jan 2023 Half of the Earth's glaciers, even the smallest, are doomed to disappear by the end of the century due to climate change Read More