Photos of man in front of glacier 15 years apart show impact of climate change

Himalayan Glacial Lakes See 10.81% Expansion, Heightened Risk of Glacial Lake Outburst Floods

Himalayan glacial lakes saw a significant area expansion from 2011 to 2024 due to climate change, posing a potential risk of glacial lake outburst floods (GLOFs). The total inventory area of glacial lakes within India was 1,962 hectares in 2011 and has increased to 2,623 hectares in 2024, with a 33.7% increase. The lakes in India experienced an even more …

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2 months, 3 weeks ago

Swiss glaciers are receding again after 2 punishing years and despite a good start to 2024

The Independent

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2 months, 3 weeks ago

Swiss glaciers are receding again after 2 punishing years and despite a good start to 2024

Associated Press

GENEVA — The volume of Switzerland’s glaciers shrank again this summer, compounding the negative impact of climate change after a devastating two-year run that depleted the ice by more than 10%, scientific experts reported Tuesday. The cryosphere observation team at the Swiss Academy of Sciences reported that high temperatures in July and August, combined with the heat-absorbing impact of reddish-yellow …

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2 months, 3 weeks ago

How melting glaciers are forcing Switzerland, Italy to redraw borders

Firstpost

With Europe being the world’s fastest-warming continent, the impact of climate change is being felt most acutely in areas like the Alps. Melting glaciers have altered the frontier between Switzerland and Italy because the border itself is defined by the ridge lines of glaciers – which change as they shrink. Experts say glaciers are set to lose 50 per cent …

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3 months ago

Doomsday Glacier won’t collapse in coming decades, but outlook remains ‘grim’: report

The Independent

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy While Antarctica’s “Doomsday Glacier” is still headed for catastrophe as the Earth warms, scientists said …

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3 months, 2 weeks ago

Qinghai-Tibet Plateau research offers insight into effects of climate change

China Daily

Alpine wetlands in Shanza county in the Xizang autonomous region. Having roamed the wilderness in Shanza county on the northern hinterland of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau for more than 15 years, Tsultrim Tharchen, a wildlife ranger, can see with ease the distinct changes brought by warming temperatures. Situated at an average altitude of 4,700 meters, the county used to be inundated …

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3 months, 2 weeks ago

Qinghai-Tibet Plateau research offers insight into effects of climate change

China Daily

A researcher retrieves data from a monitoring device in Shanza. Together with other institutes at the CAS they have set up more than 30 monitoring sites, scattered across the plateau from the Zoige grassland near its eastern edge to the western county of Rutog bordering India, as well as from Dromo county on the southern tip to Hoh Xil nature …

Research Plateau

3 months, 2 weeks ago

Qinghai-Tibet Plateau research offers insight into effects of climate change

China Daily

Zhou Ping, a researcher at the Chinese Academy of Sciences' Institute of Mountain Hazards and Environment, observes the effects of sand-fixing vegetation at a trial plot in Lhokha city with her students in late July. "The strongest net carbon sink effect along the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau occurs at an altitude of 4,000 meters," said Wei Da, a researcher at the institute …

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3 months, 2 weeks ago

Qinghai-Tibet Plateau research offers insight into effects of climate change

China Daily

Zhou Ping, a researcher at the Chinese Academy of Sciences' Institute of Mountain Hazards and Environment, observes the effects of sand-fixing vegetation at a trial plot in Lhokha city with her students in late July. "The strongest net carbon sink effect along the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau occurs at an altitude of 4,000 meters," said Wei Da, a researcher at the institute …

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3 months, 2 weeks ago

Qinghai-Tibet Plateau research offers insight into effects of climate change

China Daily

Alpine wetlands in Shanza county in the Xizang autonomous region. Having roamed the wilderness in Shanza county on the northern hinterland of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau for more than 15 years, Tsultrim Tharchen, a wildlife ranger, can see with ease the distinct changes brought by warming temperatures. Situated at an average altitude of 4,700 meters, the county used to be inundated …

Climate Change Tsultrim Tharchen

3 months, 2 weeks ago

Qinghai-Tibet Plateau research offers insight into effects of climate change

China Daily

Alpine wetlands in Shanza county in the Xizang autonomous region. Having roamed the wilderness in Shanza county on the northern hinterland of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau for more than 15 years, Tsultrim Tharchen, a wildlife ranger, can see with ease the distinct changes brought by warming temperatures. Situated at an average altitude of 4,700 meters, the county used to be inundated …

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3 months, 2 weeks ago

Qinghai-Tibet Plateau research offers insight into effects of climate change

China Daily

Alpine wetlands in Shanza county in the Xizang autonomous region. Having roamed the wilderness in Shanza county on the northern hinterland of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau for more than 15 years, Tsultrim Tharchen, a wildlife ranger, can see with ease the distinct changes brought by warming temperatures. Situated at an average altitude of 4,700 meters, the county used to be inundated …

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3 months, 2 weeks ago

Qinghai-Tibet Plateau research offers insight into effects of climate change

China Daily

A researcher retrieves data from a monitoring device in Shanza. Together with other institutes at the CAS they have set up more than 30 monitoring sites, scattered across the plateau from the Zoige grassland near its eastern edge to the western county of Rutog bordering India, as well as from Dromo county on the southern tip to Hoh Xil nature …

Research Plateau

3 months, 3 weeks ago

'Global Warming' Or 'Too Many Tourists'? Debate Snowballs as 6,191-m Himalayan Peak Om Parvat Goes Bald

News 18

Something unusual has happened in this monsoon season that has left locals in Uttarakhand perplexed. “In the past too, a portion of the mountain looked black when there was less snow but perhaps this is the first time when I am witnessing it without any snow at all,” says Harish Gunjiyal from Gunji village – the first Indian village from …

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7 months, 3 weeks ago

Looming danger of ever-expanding glacial lakes in the Himalayas

New Indian Express

NEW DELHI: Remember the South Lhonak glacial lake outburst floods in Sikkim in October last year that washed away an entire army camp downstream, including personnel, trucks and munitions in a sudden gush of icy water? ISRO’s latest report suggests that around 28% of the identified Himalayan glacial lakes that are larger than 10 hectares, have expanded since 1984. “ISRO’s …

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8 months ago

Hundreds of glacial lakes expanding in Himalayan region, flags ISRO

Hindustan Times

A little over one in every four glacial lakes larger than 10 hectares in area in the Himalayas have increased in size since 1984, increasing the risk of a glacial lake outburst flood or GLOF, a phenomenon that’s become common on account of the climate crisis. Long term satellite imagery covering the Himalayas has revealed that of the 2,431 glacial …

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8 months ago

Climate Change: 89% of glacial lakes in Indian Himalayas expanding at unprecedented rate, says ISRO. What are the risks?

Live Mint

Indian Space Research Organisation said on Monday an analysis of decades of satellite imagery has revealed that glaciers across the Indian Himalayas—often called the Third Pole because of extensive glaciers and snow cover—are melting at an unprecedented rate, resulting in significant expansion of the glacial lakes. These bodies of water, created by the melting of glaciers, are known as glacial …

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11 months, 3 weeks ago

How is climate change affecting Europe's ski season?

Hindustan Times

Anton Bodner was relieved when it snowed heavily in Kitzbühel, Austria, just in time for the start of the ski season. In Kitzbühel, for example, during the famous Hahnenkamm ski race in January 2023, skiers raced down the legendary challenging ski run known as the "Streif" on artificial snow. Some ski resorts will face difficulties 'in 20 years' "Of course …

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1 year ago

An icy warning: The Hindu Editorial on threats from contracting glaciers

The Hindu

Few barometers measure the climate crisis as evocatively as the state of glaciers, a key component of the cryosphere. The World Meteorological Organization’s recent report, The Global Climate 2011-2020, gives a broad view of the planet’s response to greenhouse gas emissions. In fact, some of the reference glaciers, which are used to make long-term assessments of glacier health, have already …

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1 year, 1 month ago

France’s Macron says melting glaciers are ‘an unprecedented challenge for humanity’

Associated Press

PARIS — Melting glaciers are an “unprecedented challenge for humanity,” French President Emmanuel Macron said on Friday, as he launched a call for nations to work together on slashing planet-warming emissions, protecting the environment and collaborating on scientific research into the Earth’s icy ecosystems. The world, Macron said, is witnessing “the collapse of the cryosphere under the impact of climate …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Even with carbon emissions cuts, a key part of Antarctica is doomed to slow collapse, study says

Associated Press

No matter how much the world cuts back on carbon emissions, a key and sizable chunk of Antarctica is essentially doomed to an “unavoidable” melt, a new study found. The study in Monday’s journal Nature Climate Change found even if future warming was limited to just a few tenths of a degree more – an international goal that many scientists …

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1 year, 2 months ago

As thaw accelerates, Swiss glaciers have lost 10% of their volume in the past 2 years, experts say

Associated Press

GENEVA — A Swiss Academy of Sciences panel is reporting a dramatic acceleration of glacier melt in the Alpine country, which has lost 10% of its ice volume in just two years after high summer heat and low snow volumes in winter. Switzerland — home to the most glaciers of any country in Europe — has seen 4% of its …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Swiss glacier watcher warns recent heat wave threatens severe melt again this year after record 2022

Associated Press

GENEVA — A top glacier watcher has warned that a warm early summer combined with a heat wave last week may have caused severe glacier melt in Switzerland, threatening to make 2023 its second-worst year for ice loss after a record thaw last year. Matthias Huss of the GLAMOS glacier monitoring center said full data won’t be in until late …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Swiss glacier watcher warns recent heat wave threatens severe melt again this year after record 2022

The Independent

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A top glacier watcher has …

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1 year, 4 months ago

Swiss glaciers under threat again as heat wave drives zero-temperature level to record altitude

Associated Press

GENEVA — The Swiss weather service said Monday a heat wave has driven the zero-degree Celsius level to its highest altitude since recordings on it in Switzerland began nearly 70 years ago, an ominous new sign for the country’s vaunted glaciers. “An exceptionally powerful anticyclone and warm air of subtropical origin are currently ensuring scorching weather over the country,” MeteoSwiss …

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1 year, 4 months ago

Warming-induced glacier retreat could create novel ecosystems

The Hindu

Climate change caused by human activity under a high-emissions scenario may halve the area covered by glaciers outside the Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets by the end of the century, as per a study published in Nature. “Under a high-emissions scenario, about half of 2020 glacier area could be lost by 2100,” the authors write. “However, this could be curbed …

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1 year, 4 months ago

As glaciers melt, a new study seeks protection of ecosystems that emerge in their place

Associated Press

GENEVA — A new scientific study published Thursday suggests the world should start preparing to protect the ecosystems that emerge from under the disappearing ice, as a warming planet is inevitably causing glaciers to melt. Glaciers play a key role on the planet, by reflecting sunlight or providing fresh water for irrigation, power generation and consumption, says study co-author Jean-Baptiste …

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54 years, 11 months ago

Has the number of glaciers changed in Al Gore’s lifetime? Experts say their mass is more important

Associated Press

CLAIM: There are 130,000 glaciers on Earth today, the same number as when former Vice President Al Gore was born. A comprehensive global glacier inventory estimates there were roughly 215,000 glaciers in the world as of the year 2000, excluding the Greenland and Antarctic Ice Sheets. Regardless, experts say the best way to measure changes to the world’s glaciers over …

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1 year, 6 months ago

Himalayan glaciers could lose 80% of their volume if global warming isn't controlled, study finds

The Hindu

June 22, 2023 01:51 pm | Updated 02:45 pm IST Glaciers are melting at unprecedented rates across the Hindu Kush Himalayan mountain ranges and could lose up to 80% of their volume this century if greenhouse gas emissions aren't sharply reduced, according to a report. “The people living in these mountains who have contributed next to nothing to global warming …

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1 year, 6 months ago

Himalayan glaciers could lose 80% of their volume if global warming isn’t controlled, study finds

Associated Press

BENGALURU, India — Glaciers are melting at unprecedented rates across the Hindu Kush Himalayan mountain ranges and could lose up to 80% of their volume this century if greenhouse gas emissions aren’t sharply reduced, according to a report. “The people living in these mountains who have contributed next to nothing to global warming are at high risk due to climate …

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1 year, 6 months ago

Himalayan glaciers could lose 80% of volume if global warming is not controlled, study finds

LA Times

Glaciers are melting at unprecedented rates across the Hindu Kush Himalayan mountain range and could lose up to 80% of their volume this century if greenhouse gas emissions aren’t sharply reduced, according to a new report. “The people living in these mountains who have contributed next to nothing to global warming are at high risk due to climate change,” said …

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1 year, 7 months ago

Science for All | What is the Petermann Glacier?

The Hindu

The Petermann Glacier connects the Greenland ice sheet to the Arctic Ocean and is named for German cartographer, August Heinrich Petermann. It consists of a 70km long and 15km wide ‘ice tongue’ whose thickness varies from 600 m to 60 m. Recent research discovered an unknown mechanism, in how the glacier’s ice interacted with the ocean and suggests that climate …

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1 year, 7 months ago

'Bad news': Unexpected melting of Greenland glacier could double sea-level rise projections

Raw Story

A glacier in the north of Greenland is melting faster and in a different way than scientists previously thought, and this has troubling implications for the future speed of global sea-level rise. The Petermann Glacier is a massive glacier in Northwest Greenland that contains enough ice to raise sea levels by a little more than a foot, the study authors …

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1 year, 7 months ago

Grounding line of Greenland's glacier found to shift during ocean's tidal cycles

The Hindu

Glaciologists have found the grounding line of Petermann Glacier in northwest Greenland to shift substantially during tidal cycles, allowing warm seawater to intrude and melt ice at an accelerated rate. "Petermann's grounding line could be more accurately described as a grounding zone, because it migrates between 2 and 6 kilometers as tides come in and out," said lead author Enrico …

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1 year, 8 months ago

Why glacial ice melt from climate change is so dangerous : Short Wave : NPR

NPR

Melting glaciers threaten millions of people. toggle caption Ryan Kellman/NPR Glaciers are melting rapidly because of climate change. In recent years, multiple glacial lake floods have displaced and killed people. In today's episode, Rebecca Hersher and Ryan Kellman from NPR's climate desk share reporting from the front lines of this problem, in the Himalayan mountains of Nepal. Sponsor Message This …

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1 year, 9 months ago

How climate change is reshaping the Alps

BBC

How climate change is reshaping the Alps Getty Images A huge scar is visible down the west face of Aiguille du Dru in the Mont Blanc massif following a series of massive rockfalls As the frozen "glue" that helps hold the rock faces of the Alps together begins to thaw, mountaineers face a growing risk of sudden rockfall. Vedrana Simičević …

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1 year, 9 months ago

The state of the climate in 2023

BBC

The state of the climate in 2023 Ina Fassbender / Getty Images A total of 28 countries experienced their warmest year on record in 2022, including the UK, Germany and China In the last few years, the world has experienced extreme weather, record temperatures and rapid ice melt. "You don't need the hottest year globally ever to experience the hottest …

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1 year, 9 months ago

Antarctica's 'Doomsday Glacier' is Melting. Here's Why You — Sitting 12,000 Km Away — Should Worry

News 18

Thwaites Glacier, often known as the “doomsday glacier,” is on the edge of collapsing, according to new assessments. The total collapse of the Thwaites might result in a sea level rise of more than two feet, devastating coastal cities around the world, explains the CNN report. The Thwaites is also acting as a natural dam to the surrounding ice in …

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1 year, 9 months ago

‘Doomsday’ glacier is melting in Antarctica, and it’s bad news

Live Mint

New surveys have revealed that Thwaites Glacier, which is also known as the "doomsday glacier", is on the verge of collapse. The collapse of the glacier, which is around the size of Gujarat, could lead to a catastrophic rise in global sea levels, without any contribution from Greenland or the Himalayas. The real concern is that Thwaites Glacier acts as …

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1 year, 9 months ago

Fascinating new book The Alps 1900 reveals stunning vintage pictures of a bygone European era

Daily Mail

It’s the Alps, but not quite as we know them today. Publisher Taschen adds: 'A charming tour of a bygone era, The Alps 1900 recalls when the first mountain trains and cog railways were carrying men in lederhosen and women in long dresses to the foot of the glacier when local guides accompanied tourists riding on mules; a time when …

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1 year, 10 months ago

Antarctica’s Doomsday Glacier ‘in trouble’ say scientists - All you need to know

Live Mint

For years now, scientists have been warily watching Antarctica’s Thwaites Glacier for its capability to propel a catastrophic sea level rise. A complete collapse of the ‘Doomsday Glacier’ could lead to sea level rise of more than two feet. With the glacier acting as a dam of sorts for the surrounding ice, its breakdown could ultimately lead to a global …

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1 year, 10 months ago

Warm water melts weak spots on Antarctica’s ’Doomsday Glacier’

Live Mint

Scientists studying Antarctica's vast Thwaites Glacier - nicknamed the Doomsday Glacier - say warm water is seeping into its weak spots, worsening melting caused by rising temperatures, two papers published in Nature journal showed on Wednesday. Using an underwater robot vehicle known as Icefin, mooring data and sensors, they monitored the glacier's grounding line, where ice slides off the glacier …

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1 year, 10 months ago

Explained: What's eroding the Doomsday Glacier and why is it a big concern?

Firstpost

A 13-foot pencil-shaped robot is providing scientists with their first glimpse of the forces eroding the Thwaites glacier. Two recent studies show that the rate of melting isn’t as fast as predicted, but fracturing is wreaking havoc on the glacier Scientists got their first up-close look at what’s eating away part of Antarctica’s Thwaites ice shelf, nicknamed the Doomsday Glacier …

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1 year, 10 months ago

Fissures speeding up Thwaites glacier melt revealed by deep ice-core camera

ABC

Fissures and steep terraces along the leading edge of Thwaites glacier are causing it to melt faster, whereas pooling of cool water is slowing melting at the glacier's base, new research has found. Key points: Researchers bored through a glacier hundreds of metres deep to deploy an underwater vehicle The average temperature in the ocean beneath Thwaites ice shelf is …

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1 year, 10 months ago

Antarctica Doomsday Glacier: ‘We should all be very concerned’

Al Jazeera

Melting of the Florida-sized glacier is of grave concern, with the potential for significant global sea level rise. Scientists studying Antarctica’s vast Thwaites Glacier – nicknamed the “Doomsday Glacier” – say warm water is seeping into its weak spots, threatening its demise and a massive sea rise. “That is the kind of thing we should all be very concerned about.” …

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1 year, 10 months ago

Study: 15 million people live under threat of glacial floods

Associated Press

As glaciers melt and pour massive amounts of water into nearby lakes, 15 million people across the globe live under the threat of a sudden and deadly outburst flood, a new study finds. More than half of those living in the shadow of the disaster called glacial lake outburst floods are in just four countries: India, Pakistan, Peru and China, …

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1 year, 11 months ago

Two-thirds of the world’s glaciers are on track to disappear by 2100, study says

LA Times

Chunks of ice float on Mendenhall Lake in front of the Mendenhall Glacier in Juneau, Alaska, in May 2022. In an also unlikely worst-case scenario of several degrees of warming, 83% of the world’s glaciers would likely disappear by the year 2100, the study said. Scientists used computer simulations to calculate, using different levels of warming, how many glaciers would …

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1 year, 11 months ago

Three-quarters of glaciers ‘will be gone by 2100 if global temperatures rise by 4C’

The Independent

More than three-quarters of Earth’s glaciers may be gone by the end of the century if investment in fossil fuels continues and global temperatures rise by 4C, scientists have warned. The researchers said that, even in a best-case scenario – where the increase in global mean temperature is limited to 1.5C relative to pre-industrial levels – around half of the …

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