This might increase the chances of glacial lake outburst floods
View More 122 glaciers in Pir Panjal witness drastic decline in size over 4-decades, research saysTag: glaciers
Why are we craving for clean drinking water?
Despite having fresh water resources, supply of contaminated drinking water is taking toll on health of people
View More Why are we craving for clean drinking water?Glaciers in Kashmir, Ladakh melting rapidly
Srinagar: The rapid melting of glaciers in Kashmir and Ladakh has worried experts who say it would enhance serious implications for regional water availability and…
View More Glaciers in Kashmir, Ladakh melting rapidlyEarth’s cryosphere shrank by 87,000 sq kms per year in last 37 years
Beijing, July 2 (IANS) The global cryosphere — all the areas with frozen water on Earth — shrank by about 87,000 square kilometers per year…
View More Earth’s cryosphere shrank by 87,000 sq kms per year in last 37 yearsKolahoi, other glaciers fast receding
Anantnag, June 6: The Kolahoi, Kashmir’s biggest glacier, according to experts is receding at a fast pace posing a major threat of environmental disaster. The…
View More Kolahoi, other glaciers fast recedingDRDO scientists leave for Joshimath for surveillance, reconnaissance after glacier burst
A team of scientists, flown to Dehradun after the glacier burst in Uttarakhand, left for Joshimath area on Monday for surveillance and reconnaissance. The scientists,…
View More DRDO scientists leave for Joshimath for surveillance, reconnaissance after glacier burstMassive flood as glacier breaks off in Uttarakhand’s Joshimath, 150 labourers missing
A glacier broke off in Joshimath in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district on Sunday, causing a massive flood in the Dhauli Ganga river and endangering the lives…
View More Massive flood as glacier breaks off in Uttarakhand’s Joshimath, 150 labourers missingSome glaciers are also advancing: Geology professor
Prof Dhruvsen Singh, of the geology department in the Lucknow University, has said that glaciers in the Himalayas are retreating but some are also advancing…
View More Some glaciers are also advancing: Geology professorHimalayan glaciers getting smaller every year: Study
Himalayan glaciers across India, China, Nepal and Bhutanhave been losing the equivalent of more than a vertical foot and half of iceeach year since 2000,…
View More Himalayan glaciers getting smaller every year: Study