Melting ice in Canadian Arctic bigger player in sea-level rise
April 22nd, 2011 - 5:42 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, April 22 (IANS) Melting glaciers and ice caps on Canadian Arctic islands play a much greater role in sea-level rise than scientists previously suspected,
For instance, the 550,000-square-mile Canadian ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |
Melting glaciers on Arctic islands play major role in rise of sea level
April 21st, 2011 - 6:29 pm ICT by ANI
London, Apr 21 (ANI): A study has found that melting glaciers and ice caps on Canadian Arctic islands play a much greater role in sea level rise than scientists previously thought.The new ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Melting ice sheets largest contributor to sea level rise
March 10th, 2011 - 1:38 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, March 10 (IANS) Melting Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets are overtaking ice loss from mountain glaciers and ice caps to become the dominant contributor to global sea level rise, ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
Polar ice melt ‘accelerating rapidly, raising sea level’
March 9th, 2011 - 6:19 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Mar 9 (ANI): A new study from University of California has suggested that the pace at which the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets are melting is 'accelerating rapidly' and raising the ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Mountain glacier melt-off to raise sea level by 12 cm by 2100
January 11th, 2011 - 5:02 pm ICT by IANS
Toronto, Jan 11 (IANS) Melt-off from small mountain glaciers and ice caps will raise global sea levels 12 cm by 2100. The largest contributors to the projected sea level rise would be ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
Melting glaciers to contribute 12cm to world sea-level increases by 2100
January 11th, 2011 - 3:04 pm ICT by ANI
London, Jan 11 (ANI): A new study has found that melt off from small mountain glaciers and ice caps will contribute about 12 centimetres to world sea-level increases by 2100.Scientists from the ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Everest swaps places with ousted Nepal king’s palace
December 2nd, 2009 - 4:01 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, Dec 2 (IANS) Four years ago, when Mt Everest was the tallest peak in the world and Nepal's King Gyanendra the emperor of Hindus worldwide, both were considered national icons by ... Read more...
Posted in Entertainment |
Glaciers in Southern Hemisphere are growing out of step with those in North
May 2nd, 2009 - 1:28 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, May 2 (ANI): A new study has found that for the last 7,000 years, glaciers south of the equator in South America and New Zealand have often moved out of step ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Swampy expansion spurred Little Ice Age in 17th century
March 3rd, 2009 - 3:43 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, March 3 (ANI): A new study has indicated that a vast expansion of swampy wetlands across North America may have invoked the Little Ice Age, a two-centuries-long cold snap that ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
184 mm of sea level rise predicted in next 100 years
February 26th, 2009 - 7:21 pm ICT by admin
Washington, Feb 26 (ANI): It has been suggested in a new study that at least 184 mm (7.2 inches) of sea level rise will occur in the next 100 years through melting ... Read more...
Posted in Sci-Tech |
Tibetan glaciers are melting faster than previously believed
November 25th, 2008 - 1:05 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Nov 25 (ANI): If reports are to be believed, the Tibetan glaciers are melting faster than anyone thought, putting nearly a billion people living in South Asia in peril of ... Read more...
Posted in National |
Carbon levels may trigger disastrous climate change
November 19th, 2008 - 2:49 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Nov 19 (IANS) Carbon levels have reached a point of no return and may trigger disastrous climate change -- unless they are reversed, scientists have warned. Their study is a departure ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |
Most precise measurement made of changes in the mass of mountain glaciers
November 7th, 2008 - 4:50 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Nov 7 (ANI): A NASA-led research team has used satellite data to make the most precise measurements to date of changes in the mass of mountain glaciers in the Gulf ... Read more...
Posted in Entertainment |
When glaciers melt, bacteria move in to boost soil efficiency
August 28th, 2008 - 2:48 pm ICT by ANI
London, August 28 (ANI): A new study has determined that after mountain glaciers melt, primitive bacteria start to invade the soil immediately, enriching it with nutrients, cementing the ground, and preventing ... Read more...
Posted in National |
Mountain glaciers in Peru are receding rapidly due to global warming
July 30th, 2008 - 5:10 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, July 30 (ANI): Satellite images have revealed that mountain glaciers in Peru are receding rapidly due to global warming, with 26 per cent of their surface area lost in the ... Read more...
Posted in Sports |
‘Climate change means less water, less food’
April 12th, 2008 - 11:36 am ICT by admin
By Joydeep Gupta
New Delhi, April 12 (IANS) Rainfall in India and other tropical and sub-tropical countries has gone down from the 1970s due to global warming, says the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
Indigenous peoples hardest hit by climate change
April 3rd, 2008 - 2:14 pm ICT by admin
Washington, April 3 (ANI): Indigenous people have suffered the worst impacts of climate change, despite contributing the least to world greenhouse gas emissions.According to organizers of a United Nations University ... Read more...
Posted in National |
Melting glaciers will shrink harvests in India, China
March 21st, 2008 - 3:20 pm ICT by admin
New York, March 21 (IANS) Shrinking Himalayan glaciers will turn the Ganga in India and the Yangtze in China into seasonal rivers that dry up in summers, massively reducing grain harvests, and ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |