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Glacier melt and water crisis loom as forest cover shrinks in PoJK
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Speaking at a recent climate awareness session, Rafiq highlighted the direct link between rising temperatures, glacier melt, and the alarming decline in forest cover across the region.
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NGT takes suo motu cognizance of IIT-Roorkee study on Ganga's summer flow
Updated : 7 months ago IST
A bench comprising Chairperson Justice Prakash Shrivastava, Expert Member Dr. A. Senthil Vel, and Expert Member Dr. Prashant Gargava took cognisance of the issue during the hearing held on August 20.
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Glacial lake outburst floods devastate Pakistan-occupied Gilgit-Baltistan,
Updated : 7 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Climate change-driven disasters continue to batter Pakistan-occupied Gilgit-Baltistan (PoGB) as a glacial lake outburst flood (GLOF) from the Shishper Glacier tore through Hassanabad Nullah, swept away part of the Karakoram Highway, and destroyed public and private properties.
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India underscores urgency of glacial retreat at high-level summit in Tajik
Updated : 9 months, 3 weeks ago IST
India's MoS Kirti Vardhan Singh is visiting Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan to strengthen ties and attend key climate and biodiversity conferences. He highlighted glacier melt risks, India's environmental efforts, and held talks on trade, security, and regional cooperation as part of India's "Conn
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India raises alarm as Himalayan glaciers melt, calls for greater regional
Updated : 10 months, 2 weeks ago IST
With the Himalayan region witnessing accelerated glacier melt and growing ecological vulnerability, Union Environment Minister Bhupendra Yadav here on Friday flagged the deepening climate crisis in the world's highest mountains and urged regional cooperation to share scientific knowledge and
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Pokhara Avengers Release 'Glacier Melting Awareness' Jersey for NPL 2024
Updated : 1 year, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 15: The Pokhara Avengers launched their official jersey for the 2024 season of the Nepal Premier League at a grand event at the Soaltee Hotel in Kathmandu. However, the reveal had taken place two days earlier in Lomangthan, a location picked for a greater reason.
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"Steep rise in temperature in Ladakh a matter of concern": Ladakh IMD Dire
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
Notably, a maximum temperature of 30.5 degrees Celsius was recorded in Leh on July 30.
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Melting glaciers endanger mountain villages in Pakistan
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
The vulnerable villages in Pakistan's mountainous north are facing a threat to their future due to melting glaciers caused by global warming, Reuters reported.
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ISRO-NASA's NISAR satellite to track movements of Earth’s land, ice surfac
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Two major components of the NISAR satellite have been combined to create a single spacecraft in Bengaluru, India. The NISAR satellite will deepen understanding of climate change, deforestation, glacier melt, volcanoes, earthquakes and other issues.
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Uttarakhand: Avalanche occurs near Kedarnath Temple, no damage reported
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Rudraprayag (Kedarnath) [India], October 1 (ANI): An avalanche occurred behind the Kedarnath Dham in the Himalayan region of Uttarakhand on Saturday but no damage was caused to the temple, the Badrinath-Kedarnath Temple Committee President informed.
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Study finds Antarctic glaciers losing ice at fastest rate for 5,500 years
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 9 (ANI): At the current rate of retreat the vast glaciers, which extend deep into the heart of the ice sheet, could contribute as much as 3.4 metres to global sea-level rise over the next several centuries.
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Seismic study discloses main reason for rise of Patagonia as glaciers melt
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Missouri (Washington) [US], February 28 (ANI): Patagonia, which is the ground beneath ice fields in Chile and Argentina has been shifting and rising as the glaciers in the Andes mountain range have been melting for quite some time. Geologists have recently discovered a link between recent ic
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