According to recent research, climate warming is worsening future flooding emergencies at both high and low elevations. Approximately 15 million people worldwide live under the shadow of glacial lakes, withContinue Reading
The Hindu devout dream of walking to Gaumukh, where the waters of India’s holy river, the Ganges, emerge from a Himalayan glacier, at least once in their life. However, theContinue Reading
A new study has discovered that Antarctica’s Florida-sized Thwaites glacier, which has been in a continuous “collapse” pattern as it melts into the sea, may be about to undergo aContinue Reading
As the record-breaking, months-long heatwave continues, a major glacial lake outburst in Pakistan has destroyed a bridge, two power stations, and inundated a community. High temperatures hastened ice and snowContinue Reading
According to a news statement from the Earth Institute at Columbia University, a major portion of the Larsen Ice Shelf in Antarctica, called “Larsen-B,” has broken out into the ocean.Continue Reading
David Holland, an atmospheric scientist at New York University, demonstrates the rate of melting of the Thwaites Glacier. The “Doomsday Glacier,” which is situated on the West Antarctica ice shelf,Continue Reading
The Greenland Ice Sheet (GrIS) is losing mass at an alarming rate. A new study recently discovered that the rate of melting we’re seeing today is likely to be theContinue Reading
The ice shelf that holds Antarctica’s massive Pine Island Glacier from collapsing into the Southern Ocean is breaking up faster than before as climate change weakens the natural barriers to glacial melting,Continue Reading
