Glaciers
Fatal Himalayan glacial lake outburst highlights destabilising effect of warming
More than 200 people are dead or missing after floods gushed through mountain gorges in Uttarakhand, India, in a disaster linked to climate change
Dying oceans rising faster than predicted, UN warns in stark report
Accelerating melting in Antarctica coupled with heating and acidification will push world’s oceans into ‘unprecedented’ condition, the UN science panel said
Green Climate Fund talks ‘hijacked’ by India-Pakistan conflict
After objections by the Indian representative, the Green Climate Fund has kept on hold a project to reduce the risk of glacial lake outburst floods in northern Pakistan
Rapid glacier melt threatens Bolivia water supplies, homes
Area of the Bolivian Andes covered by ice has shrunk 43% in a generation, study finds, with alarming implications
Human-caused warming postpones next ice age by 50,000 years
NEWS: Scientists forecast long delay to return of glaciers as carbon emissions screw the Earth’s climate systems
Greenland ice melt speeds up sea level rise
NEWS: Scientists have found evidence suggesting that melting icecap water from the interior of Greenland is adding to sea level rise faster than previously realised
Glacier melt hits record levels, report Zurich-based monitors
NEWS: Scientists say many glaciers are melting faster than ever − and many will continue to do so even if climate change can be stabilised
Too few scientists track loss of Himalayan glaciers
NEWS: Millions rely on meltwater from Asia’s water towers, but lack of expertise and manpower hampers the study of climate impacts
Alaska glaciers melting faster as planet overheats
NEWS: Climate change rather than natural causes is the main driver of state’s glacier loss, which is set to speed up, US scientists say
Canadian glaciers could start to disappear by 2040 – scientists
NEWS: Climate change could cause many glaciers in western Canada to start to disappear by mid century, affecting people and places that depend on their water
90% of ice lost from Antarctica comes from underside of icebergs
Scientists have discovered that many Antarctic ice shelves are losing ice not just by calving icebergs but by melting from their undersides as well.
Soot blamed for melting Alps glaciers
Scientists think they know why some European glaciers started to shrink decades before climate change had begun to raise temperatures.
Antarctic and Greenland glaciers at risk of “catastrophic breakup”
New research shows that Large stretches of ice along the polar coastlines could fall into the sea faster than originally thought
Sea levels likely to rise one metre by year 3000
New study finds current greenhouse gas emissions are likely to have triggered an irreversible warming causing melt from glaciers, ice caps, Greenland and Antarctic
Photo of the week #17 – Greenland’s disappearing glaciers
This week’s photo of the week shows the implications of glacier melt in Greenland on rising sea levels.
Greenland’s glaciers contributing less to sea level rise than thought
Glaciers have “sped up” and contribution to sea level rise still significant but data shows we’re not on track for worst case scenario.
Pakistan’s first climate change adaptation plan to tackle “mountain tsunamis”
Pakistan launches an adaptation project – the first of its kind – to help vulnerable communities cope with the threat of Glacier Lake Flood Outburst from receding glaciers.
Asian glaciers bucking trend of climate change ice melt
Satellite models from the Karakoram mountains north of Himalaya show marginal growth but area remains a one-off, according to new research.
Sceptics queue up for UN climate film
A climate sceptic website has offered $500 to anyone who can ‘debunk’ a UN film on glacier melt in the Himalayas, as US State Department holds special viewing.