Glacier burst

In worst two years on record, Swiss glaciers lose 10% of its volume

September 29, 2023

In worst two years on record, Swiss glaciers lose 10% of its volume

More than half of the glaciers in the Alps are in Switzerland where temperatures are rising by around twice the global average due to climate change.

May 30, 2023
Glaciers, ice caps melting at alarming rate in Greenland

The research provides critical insights into long-term changes to the country's glaciers and ice caps and stresses the importance of understanding these changes in the context of sea-level rise.
September 12, 2022
Extreme melt season reveals rocky path between Swiss glaciers after 2000 years

Since last winter, which brought relatively little snowfall, the Alps have sweltered through two big early summer heatwaves.
October 19, 2021
As Africa's glaciers melt, millions face drought and floods: UN

The report forecast that at current rates all three of Africa's tropical ice fields - Tanzania's Kilimanjaro, Kenya's Mount Kenya, and Uganda's Rwenzoris - would be gone by the 2040s.
August 09, 2021
Himalayan glacial movement: Panel recommends increase in high alt monitoring

In all, there are 1,741 monitoring stations of the CWC, including 331 flood forecasting stations but of these, there are very few up in the higher altitude.
February 24, 2021
Uttarakhand disaster: 136 missing to be 'presumed dead'

Sixty-eight bodies have so far been recovered after the February 7 disaster possibly triggered by an avalanche.
February 14, 2021
Uttarakhand glacier burst: Three bodies recovered from Tapovan tunnel, toll rises to 41

These are the first bodies to have been recovered from the tunnel at the site of the flood-ravaged Tapovan-Vishnugad hydel project where people were at work when the calamity occurred last Sunday.