On Thin Ice: How climate change is wrecking the Himalaya
4 years, 1 month ago

On Thin Ice: How climate change is wrecking the Himalaya

Live Mint  

Around 10.30am on Sunday, 7 February, a flash flood swept down the Rishi Ganga river. “This is unheard of,” says Dhan Singh Rana, 64, of Lata village in the Niti Valley, a few kilometres upstream from Reni. “Where do I even start?” Shrestha says climate change is going to affect every aspect of Himalayan life, in direct and indirect ways. He says almost all the glaciers in the Himalaya are “wasting their mass”, and that warming is the culprit for such glacier wastage. “In terms of the loss in the thickness of the glaciers, typically we find it varies from 0.5-1.5m per year,” says Meloth, adding that nearly 15% of glaciated area in the Himalaya has been lost.

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From Himalaya to Arctic Glaciers at Risk: A Wake-Up Call on World Water Day
1 week, 3 days ago

From Himalaya to Arctic Glaciers at Risk: A Wake-Up Call on World Water Day

India Today  

This year on World Water Day on March 22, the UN is highlighting “Glacier Preservation”. According to the Copernicus Climate Change Service, Earth’s glaciers have lost over 8,200 gigatonnes of ice since 1976, leading to rising sea levels and water scarcity concerns. We looked at where the ice is vanishing fastest and what is the situation of India’s Himalayan region, …

Researchers discover Himalayan glaciers are cooling down, potentially slowing down effects of climate change
1 year, 3 months ago

Researchers discover Himalayan glaciers are cooling down, potentially slowing down effects of climate change

ABC  

Himalayan glaciers have been rapidly melting and are predicted to continue to do so, however a report has found the glaciers have been cooling due to cold winds going down the mountain slopes. Although the glaciers are expected to continue to melt as global temperatures rise, the report shows that Himalayan glaciers have somehow counterintuitively been cooling and drying in …

Himalayan glaciers could lose 80% of their volume if global warming isn't controlled, study finds
1 year, 9 months ago

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

The Hindu  

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Himalayan Glaciers Could Lose 80% Of Volume If Global Warming Not Controlled: Study
1 year, 9 months ago

Himalayan Glaciers Could Lose 80% Of Volume If Global Warming Not Controlled: Study

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING 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 …

Himalayan glaciers could lose 80% of their volume if global warming not controlled, study finds
1 year, 9 months ago

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

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. “The people living in these mountains who have contributed …

Himalayan glaciers could lose 80% of their volume if global warming isn’t controlled, study finds
1 year, 9 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 …

Vanishing Ice on Highest Mountains Threatens Quarter of Humanity, Says Study
1 year, 9 months ago

Vanishing Ice on Highest Mountains Threatens Quarter of Humanity, Says Study

Deccan Chronicle  

Rapidly melting glaciers in Asia’s Hindu Kush Himalayan region — home to the world’s highest mountains — are threatening the lives and livelihoods of as many as two billion people downstream, according to a new study. This may over time drastically reduce freshwater supplies in 12 rivers that flow across 16 nations in the region, it said These mountain ranges, …

Himalayan glaciers could lose 80% of volume if global warming is not controlled, study finds
1 year, 9 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 …

Himalayan glaciers melting at 'exceptional rate' due to global warming: Study
3 years, 3 months ago

Himalayan glaciers melting at 'exceptional rate' due to global warming: Study

Hindustan Times  

Glaciers in the Himalayas are melting at an "exceptional" rate because of global warming, threatening the water supply of millions of people in Asia, according to a study published on Monday. The researchers found that the Himalayan glaciers have lost ice ten times more quickly over the last few decades than on average since the last major glacier expansion 400-700 …

Climate change is forcing Indians to migrate far from home
3 years, 11 months ago

Climate change is forcing Indians to migrate far from home

Live Mint  

Pratap Malik, who comes from Radhaballavpur village in Balasore district, Odisha, went to Bengaluru years ago in search of work, seeking an escape from the river that today is not so much near his family’s home as in it. Five countries accounted for nearly 75 per cent of the new internal displacements due to disasters in the first half of …

Climate Change, Western Disturbance, or Both? Scientists Ponder Reasons for Uttarakhand Floods
4 years, 1 month ago

Climate Change, Western Disturbance, or Both? Scientists Ponder Reasons for Uttarakhand Floods

News 18  

New Delhi: Global warming or maybe a Western disturbance bringing fresh snow that melted could have triggered the inundation in Uttarakhand's Chamoli district, experts said on Monday as they scrambled to understand the reasons for the avalanche and floods that wreaked havoc in the upper reaches of the Himalayas. Climate change driven erratic weather patterns like increased snowfall and rainfall, …

The threats to the Himalaya that rose and retreated this year
4 years, 3 months ago

The threats to the Himalaya that rose and retreated this year

Live Mint  

A single year in the vast timeline of Himalayan history is all but insignificant. Though it has caused enormous human suffering and economic hardship, a dramatic reduction in carbon emissions, on account of India’s lockdown, provided a brief respite from airborne pollution and the immediate effects of greenhouse gases. Aside from demonstrating convincingly how vehicular exhaust and industrial smog veil …

Rising temperatures are melting the Himalayan ice, will affect the drought buffer
5 years, 10 months ago

Rising temperatures are melting the Himalayan ice, will affect the drought buffer

Firstpost  

Countries from India to Kazakhstan are far more dependent on melting glaciers for water than previously thought, particularly in summer droughts, scientists said on Wednesday, warning that rising temperatures were threatening supply. When drought hits, ice melt from those mountains — often referred to as the “third pole” — can account for up to 100 percent of the water in …

‘Climate change is changing landscape of Ladakh’
9 years, 4 months ago

‘Climate change is changing landscape of Ladakh’

The Hindu  

Even as global nations continue negotiations to arrive at a consensus for a global agreement to tackle climate change ahead of the Conference of Parties summit in Paris, nowhere are the effects more visible than the mountainous region of Ladakh in Jammu & Kashmir. The snowfall has come down significantly in the last couple of decades and the glacier is …

Many glaciers, ice caps worldwide in retreat
15 years, 1 month ago

Many glaciers, ice caps worldwide in retreat

The Hindu  

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