Provisional statement on the status of the global climate
The provisional statement on the status of the global climate, released by WMO provides the technical information on world’s 10th warmest year, warmest year with La Niña on record, second-lowest Arctic...
View Article2011:10th warmest year on record
Arctic sea ice at its lowest in 2011, says World Meteorological Organization report. The year 2011 has been the 10th warmest year on record in spite of a strong La Nina, which has a relatively cooling
View ArticleRrussian scientists reach ancient lake under Antarctica
After more than two decades of drilling in Antarctica, Russian scientists have reached the surface of a gigantic freshwater lake hidden under miles of ice for some 20 million years, a lake that may hold
View ArticleEye in sky reveals water loss from melting glaciers
The total volume of water that has melted from all of world’s polar ice sheets, ice caps and mountain glaciers over the past decade would repeatedly fill Britain’s largest lake, Windemere, more than...
View ArticlePole a barometer for climate change
The National Centre for Antarctic and Ocean Research (NCAOR) Research Director, Rasik Ravindran, pegs climate change studies as the most significant from the perspective of future. Ice cores recovered
View ArticleHimalayan glaciers resist global trend of melting: Study
Some glaciers in the Himalayas mountain range have gained a small amount of mass between 1999 and 2008. Some glaciers in the Himalayas mountain range have gained a small amount of mass between 1999 and
View ArticleEnvironment is at tipping point, warns UN report
Rio De Janeiro: The earth’s environmental systems “are being pushed towards their biophysical limits” beyond which loom sudden, irreversible and potentially catastrophic changes, the United Nations...
View ArticleSea level rise over past century unmatched in 6,000 years, says study
Research finds 20cm rise since start of 20th century, caused by global warming and the melting of polar ice, is unprecedented. The rise in sea levels seen over the past century is unmatched by any period
View ArticleGlobal temperatures continue to set new records
Global mean temperatures near the Earth’s surface continued to set new records between 2011 and 2015, consistent with rising levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, according to preliminary findings
View ArticleTime to ditch the polar bears? Climate change looks for a new image
What does climate change look like? For many people, the first – or perhaps only – image that comes to mind is of smokestacks, or polar bears perched on ice floes. "If you go to Google and click on
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