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The Art of Living JalTara - a reliable and vigilant solution tackles the u
Updated : 2 years, 12 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], March 16 (ANI/PRNewswire): The groundwater crisis in India is a cause and an indicator of the ongoing climate change in the world. It fights individuals in the form of contaminated water sources, untimed floods and droughts, rise in sea levels, and shrinking ic
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NASA-ISRO satellite gets 'auspicious' send-off before moving to India
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
NISAR mission, planned to launch in 2024, is expected to systematically map Earth, using two different radar frequencies to monitor resources such as water, forests and agriculture.
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Smallest nuclear war would devastate ocean systems, say researchers
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 8 (ANI): According to a Rutgers researcher and an international team of geoscientists, led by Cheryl S. Harrison at Louisiana State University, even the smallest nuclear war would devastate ocean systems, leading to sharp declines in fish stocks, expansion of ice sheets
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Study suggests climate tipping may not always be disastrous
Updated : 3 years, 12 months ago IST
Washington [US], March 15 (ANI): The findings of a recent mathematical analysis, of tipping in large, spatially heterogeneous systems, which natural systems like ice sheets, lakes, and forests often are, suggest that the consequences of crossing a tipping point might often be much subtler an
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Melting ice sheets can be monitored using solar radio signals: Study
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 17 (ANI): A new method for seeing through ice sheets using radio signals from the sun that could enable cheap, low-power and widespread monitoring of ice sheet evolution and contribute to sea-level rise has been found by researchers at Stanford University.
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Solar radio signals could be used to monitor melting ice sheets, study sug
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 14 (ANI): Researchers at Stanford University found a new method for seeing through ice sheets using radio signals from the sun that could enable cheap, low-power and widespread monitoring of ice sheet evolution and contribute to sea-level rise.
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Melting of ice sheets rapidly increase methane in environment, study affir
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Oslo [Norway], April 30 (ANI): Melting of the Arctic ice sheets caused rapid methane release from the ocean floor during the last two deglaciations, according to a new study led by scientists at The University of Tromso - The Arctic University of Norway.
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Early Mars was covered in ice sheets, not flowing rivers
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Aug 3 (ANI): A large number of the valley networks scarring Mars' surface were carved by water melting beneath glacial ice, not by free-flowing rivers as previously thought, according to a new study by Western and UBC researchers.
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Himachal Pradesh: Avalanche hits apple orchards in Kinnaur
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Kinnaur (Himachal Pradesh) [India], Feb 8 (ANI): Breaking of the thick ice sheets in the upper hills of Barang village in the tribal district of Kinnaur caused destruction in the apple gardens here in the wee hours of Friday.
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Climate change causing Greenland ice sheets to melt faster: Study
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 22 (ANI): Climate change is causing Greenland's massive ice sheets to melt much faster than previously thought and maybe it is "too late" to do anything about it, according to a new study.
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