Here is why researchers working in polar regions are coming together
To bring scientists working in both the poles together, the International Polar Year was observed during 2007-2008 and it was decided to have …
Climate change in news on April 16
Here’s a round-up of today’s news reports and developments around climate change
After Great Barrier Reef, bleaching kills 70 per cent of Japan’s coral reef
Coral in the Sekisei lagoon in Okinawa has turned dark brown and is covered with algae, according to a government study
Unravelling the genetic secrets of the Symbiodinium algae
A team of researchers may have discovered the genetic secret behind what may allow certain species of algae living in corals to tolerate higher …
India is experiencing a warmer winter
Persistent above normal temperatures have been recorded in many regions of the country
'People living in coastal regions likely to suffer from vector-borne diseases'
Besides taking a toll on human health, climate change gives rise to conflicts and migration
Climate change can cripple global economy
Private investors will lose $4.2 trillion to extreme weather events by 2100 if global warming is not arrested
European bird pioneers new route
The European blackcap has dramatically changed its migration pattern, flying to a new site, more than 1,000 km north of the region where it …
Global warming will increase ozone depletion
Simulated climate models show increasing carbon dioxide and chlorine emissions can drastically alter weather conditions and lead to the formation …
Is environment on the agenda?
With a recession-hit economy to revive, it remains to be seen how much priority the environment will get when the new administration takes over …
Freezing the Green fridge
Despite environment-friendly refrigerators making the grade, manufacturers are hesitant to introduce them commercially.
Unmasking the heat
The weather machine seems to have gone into overdrive. Scientists assert that the rise in temperature is unprecedented, at least since the 15th …
Getting to the core
Drilling of ice cores in the Himalayan glaciers reveal that global warming is altering climate patterns
Climate change affects world's lakes
By 2080, the world's lakes will experience a temperature change of up to 6.7c caused by greenhouse gas emissions, according to a study by the uk-…
Stalagamite weather report
The result obtained from stalagamites -- supplemented by past temperature records, type of vegetation, data from the oceans such as the growth …
Ice does not lie
Says the eminent Alaskan scientist Maynard Miller. manu n kulkarni visits this land of the midnight sun to know what causes its glaciers to …
Waterworks India: Chewang Norphell
Global warming is taking its toll on the trans-Himalayan region of Ladakh. Mountains that were completely decked with snow are now barren. …
What is ‘heat dome’, the phenomenon causing record temperatures across US?
‘Heat domes’ have also been associated with unusually warm periods in India, Bangladesh, China and some other Asian countries
In Maps: What the future holds for our warming world
Climate change will affect up to one-third of the world’s population, but the impact will not be equal across countries
Global warming, land use hit European mountain bird population
Mountain specialist birds registered a 10 per cent decline in numbers in 13 years, says a study
The urgent need for climate-resilient tourism in Nepal
The Himalayan country and its sherpas race against time to save themselves and the tourism sector from climate change
Sea level rise 3mm higher in 2018 than last year: report
Previous studies have also warned that the sea level rise in 21st Century has been three times as fast as that in the bulk of the 20th
‘Agriculture and consumer choices are driving disastrous climate change’
Ahead of COP24, 130 national academies urge governments to take immediate steps to address climate change and failing global food systems
Ozone conundrum
Refrigeration and air-conditioning industry has switched to ozonefriendly hydrofluorocarbons. But these are super global warming gases and need …
Rare Antarctica warming to trigger heatwaves, fires in Australia
The sudden stratospheric warming in South Pole has spiked temperatures by more than 40 degrees