Tuesday, December 13th, 2016
The Journal of Glaciology recently published the first account from scientists at the Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (ITPCAS) concerning a glacier that collapsed on July 17, 2016, killing nine local...
Monday, February 22nd, 2016
There has been a significant rise of 1.45 degrees in the average temperature of Kashmir in past two decades, according to state’s department of ecology, environment and remote sensing report in 2013. Read More via I am...
Wednesday, December 16th, 2015
NEW DELHI: As many as 248 of 2,018 or 12.3% of Himalayan glaciers are "retreating" while 18 are advancing, environment minister, Prakash Javadekar told the Rajya Sabha on Monday in a written reply. The minister's reply, however,...
Monday, December 14th, 2015
PARIS — International Mountain Day, coinciding with the close of the COP21 climate conference in Paris, this week, saw the launch of an atlas mapping out the impact of climate change on Asia’s five major river basins —...
Friday, September 25th, 2015
Sept. 25, 2015—Asian Development Bank (ADB) President Takehiko Nakao today announced that ADB will double its annual climate financing to $6 billion by 2020, up from the current $3 billion. ADB's spending on tackling climate change will...
Thursday, May 8th, 2014
New ANU-led research has explained why Antarctica is not warming as much as other continents, and why southern Australia is recording more droughts.
Friday, March 21st, 2014
The United States Government today announced the Climate Data initiative, which aims to help communities use public data to better understand the impacts of climate change. The initiative has been supported by industry including Google, Microsoft, Intel...
Sunday, January 19th, 2014
Recently, CLIMsystems Ltd. analyzed future climate impacts on the Hazelwood brown-coal fired power station located 150 km east of Melbourne in the Latrobe Valley, Victoria, Australia. These impacts included changes in ambient temperatures. The power station produces...
Thursday, November 28th, 2013
More than ever before, INTERGEO 2013 in Essen focused on social megatrends such as the energy revolution, climate change, smart cities and demographics – all in close dialogue with politicians, geoexperts and geobusiness. From 8 to 10...
Sunday, July 7th, 2013
Recent footage gathered by a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) satellite shows in detail just how that green changes over the course of the seasons — and how we’re altering it with man-made activity. The video...