Eric Holthaus’s ‘Future Earth: A Radical Vision For What’s Possible in the Age of Warming’ is unique in its sco
Glaciers and Polar Ice Caps
Global warming leads to vanishing glaciers
Posted on 20 Jul, 2021 03:22 PMThe Himalaya-Karakoram region in South Asia is often called the water tower of Asia or the Third Pole. It is one of the most heavily glacierized mountain regions on Earth.

Need to revamp developmental planning in the Uttarakhand hills
Posted on 12 Feb, 2021 11:02 AMThe recent catastrophe in the Chamoli district of Uttarakhand, where a large part of the Nanda Devi Glacier fell into the Alaknanda stream near Joshimath, caused severe flooding.

The Uttarakhand disaster: A warning to be better prepared!
Posted on 10 Feb, 2021 02:40 PMUttarakhand's Chamoli district experienced massive floods on the morning of 7th February 2021.

Over 97 million Indians were currently being exposed to extreme floods: Report
Posted on 23 Dec, 2020 03:53 PM75 percent districts in India are hotspots of extreme climate events: Report

The fast disappearing glaciers of Kashmir
Posted on 11 Sep, 2020 02:27 PMKashmir’s glaciers are melting at frightening rates. Kolahoi glacier, the largest glacier in Kashmir Himalayas, has lost 23 percent area since 1962 and has fragmented into smaller parts!
Glaciers, frozen rivers of ice

"Everything’s devastated, and no one is listening to us!"
Posted on 08 Aug, 2020 06:52 PM"All of a sudden, water entered the house at night. Goods and cattle were submerged. There is no place to eat or drink. We have been in trouble for three days, but no one has come to help us.” The elderly Gauri Singh complains, with mixed feelings of anger, pain and helplessness.

Global infections from water poised to rise with climate change
Posted on 24 Apr, 2020 04:11 PMClimate change triggered heat waves threaten water availability
Ninjallama rues as she remembers, " It was a terrible summer. The heat wave was killing. Three people died in my village. People with skeletal fluorosis suffered .. "

A climate change wake-up call
Posted on 21 Jan, 2020 06:53 AMA new McKinsey Global Institute report, ‘Climate risk and response: Physical hazards and socioeconomic impacts’, suggests that many assumptions about the pote

India’s tryst with climate change
Posted on 06 Dec, 2019 04:23 PMGlobal warming has given rise to unprecedented extreme events such as cyclones, floods, heatwaves and droughts in India. Why are these threats increasing?
