A recent study explored how glaciers in the Kashmir Himalaya's Jhelum basin transform into rock glaciers, and it investigated the distribution of permafrost in the region.
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has issued a stark warning about the impacts of climate change, revealing that Nepal’s snow-capped mountains have lost nearly one-third of their ice over the past three decades.
The recent flash floods in Sikkim have once again highlighted the vulnerability of mountainous regions to climate-related disasters. While global warming is often cited as the primary cause
“Antarctic sea ice has fallen to its lowest level and the melting of some European glaciers has literally broken records,” the WMO, a specialized agency of the United Nations, warned in its annual climate report.
The UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, has expressed a significant worry regarding the Himalayan rivers, particularly the Indus, the Ganges, and the Brahmaputra, which are essential for India.
The extent of Antarctic sea ice has registered a new historical minimum after it was reduced to 1.91 million square kilometres on February 13, according to data from the National Ice Data Center and Snow Protection Agency (NSIDC).
In the remainder of the century and if urgent measures are not taken to stop global warming, a minimum of 60% of the glaciers of the entire globe could disappear before 2100.
New research, published in the journal Nature Communications Earth and Environment, used surface meltwater samples from four glaciers in the European Alps, as well as from Canada, Sweden, Svalbard and the western Greenland ice sheet