Himalayan glaciers receding at varying rates: Govt

Last Updated: Thursday, August 29, 2013, 20:00

Environment Minister Jayanthi Natarajan informed the Rajya Sabha on Thursday that the glaciers in the Himalayan region are receding at varying rates in different regions.

Is dust pollution speeding up melting of Himalayan glaciers?

Last Updated: Monday, August 5, 2013, 14:07

Cryosphere collectively describes the portions of the Earth`s surface where water is in the form of ice, snow, glaciers and frozen ground.

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 not sole reason for glacier melting

Last Updated: Sunday, January 15, 2012, 09:38

A top climate official of the country says there could be other reasons as well for melting of snow in the youngest mountain systems of the world.

Swiss glaciers melting slower now than in 1940s!

Last Updated: Saturday, January 2, 2010, 19:58

Contrary to popular perception that glaciers are melting faster due to global warming, a study says that Swiss glaciers were melting even faster in 1940s.