Melting glaciers account for third of sea-level rise

Last Updated: Friday, May 17, 2013, 18:34

World`s shrinking glaciers contributed to almost a third of the sea-level rise between 2003 and 2009, a new study has found.

NASA satellite data reveals glaciers` role in sea level rise

Last Updated: Friday, May 17, 2013, 10:16

Observations from two NASA satellites have helped scientists resolve differences in estimates of how fast glaciers worldwide are disappearing and contributing to sea level rise.

`Tibet glaciers melting due to S Asian pollution`

Last Updated: Monday, March 25, 2013, 14:47

About 90 percent of glaciers in Tibet, are shrinking because of black carbon pollution "transferred from South Asia", a Chinese scientist has warned.

Glaciers will melt faster than ever and loss could be irreversible, warn scientists

Last Updated: Friday, March 8, 2013, 12:27

Canada`s Arctic Archipelago glaciers will melt faster than ever in the next few centuries. <br><br>

`Himalayan glaciers will shrink despite steady climate`

Last Updated: Saturday, November 17, 2012, 14:35

Some glaciers of the Himalayas will continue shrinking for many years to come, even if temperatures hold steady, a Brigham Young University geology professor has predicted.

Glaciers cracking due to presence of excessive CO2

Last Updated: Thursday, October 11, 2012, 17:18

Presence of excessive levels of carbon dioxide (CO2) in our atmosphere is causing global temperatures to rise and glaciers and ice caps to melt, researchers have warned.

Himalayan glaciers retreating at accelerated rate `only in some regions`

Last Updated: Thursday, September 13, 2012, 13:56

While the Himalayan glaciers in the eastern and central regions of the range appear to be retreating at a tremendous rate, those in the western Himalayas are more stable and could be growing, a new study has revealed.

Climate change could push up risk of avian flu

Last Updated: Thursday, August 30, 2012, 14:46

The avian flu refers to infection with bird flu Type A viruses.

Greenland’s ice sheet melts in spurts

Last Updated: Friday, August 3, 2012, 13:21

Loss of ice from Greenland’s vast sheet may occur mainly in short bursts, suggest Danish scientists who used aerial photos dating back to the 1980s to plot shrinking of glaciers around the island’s northwest coast.

Global warming causing Himalayan glacier to diminish each year

Last Updated: Saturday, June 9, 2012, 13:08

Global warming is diminishing the Chhota Shigri glacier in the Pir Panjal ranges of Himachal Pradesh at 0.67 metres a year.

Himalayan glacial lakes’ size growing: Study

Last Updated: Tuesday, May 1, 2012, 14:12

The number of glacial lakes in the Himalayas has reduced in recent years, but their total area has increased, a research revealed here on Tuesday.

World’s glaciers `losing 40% of their volume`

Last Updated: Friday, April 27, 2012, 19:03

The Earth’s glaciers are seriously out of balance with the global climate and are already on their way to losing almost 40 percent of their volume, a new study has revealed.