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China is exploiting Tibet's natural wealth: Report
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Beijing [China], July 22 (ANI): China is only interested in exploiting the natural wealth of Tibet and is changing its demography in an attempt to bring the roof of the world under its influence, according to rights groups.
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Climate change is linked to coastal glacier retreat: Research
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 16 (ANI): Researchers at the University of Texas Institute for Geophysics (UTIG) and Georgia Tech have developed a methodology that they think cracks the code to why coastal glaciers are retreating, and in turn, how much can be attributed to human-caused climate change.
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Research: Climate change associated with coastal glacier retreat
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 15 (ANI): Researchers at the University of Texas Institute for Geophysics (UTIG) and Georgia Tech have developed a methodology that they think cracks the code to why coastal glaciers are retreating, and in turn, how much can be attributed to human-caused climate change.
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Six dead in glacier collapse in Italy
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Rome [Italy], July 4 (ANI/Xinhua): At least six people were dead and more than a dozen missing Sunday after a glacial ice shelf collapsed amid higher-than-usual temperatures in northern Italy.
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Glacier collapse kills at least five in Italy
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Rome [Italy], July 3 (ANI/Xinhua): A huge block of ice has collapsed from the Marmolada mountain in Italy, leaving at least 5 dead and 10 wounded, local media reported on Sunday.
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Study: Polar bears of Greenland shed light on future of the species in war
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 26 (ANI): A new population of polar bears documented on the southeast coast of Greenland use glacier ice to survive despite limited access to sea ice, according to a new study by the University of Washington. This small, genetically distinct group of polar bears could b
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Population of polar bears shed light on species' future in warming Arctic:
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 21 (ANI): According to a new study by the University of Washington, a new population of polar bears documented on the southeast coast of Greenland use glacier ice to survive despite limited access to sea ice. This small, genetically distinct group of polar bears could b
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China using Tibet as dumping zone, destroying its environment
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Lhasa [Tibet], June 18 (ANI): The nature-bound systems of Tibet are now being shattered and destroyed by Beijing for their own benefit, who are using it as a dumping zone, destroying its environment.
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China's CPEC damaging environment in Pakistan's Gilgit-Baltistan
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Gilgit Baltistan [PoK], June 11 (ANI): Although Pakistan termed the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, CPEC as a game-changer for the country's ailing economy but the fact of the matter is that Chinese mega projects are showing an adverse impact on Gilgit-Baltistan's environment leading to un
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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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Melting glaciers of Tibet worrying, troublesome for all regions
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Lhasa [Tibet], June 7 (ANI): The melting glaciers of Tibet are worrying and troublesome for all the regions that depend on it as their ultimate source of water.
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International 'Water for All' conference at the Peace Palace
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
The Hague [Netherlands], June 3 (ANI): From Rabbis to Sufis, from Swamis to Sikhs - practising spiritual leaders from around the world gathered in The Hague, Netherlands, to draw global attention to the need to preserve the sanctity of holy water sources, to protect water bodies from polluti
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