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The new maps reveal that two to four times more oceanfront glaciers extend deeper than 200 metres below sea level than earlier maps showed. (Photo: Pixabay)

Greenland's ice at more risk than thought: Study

The new maps reveal that two to four times more oceanfront glaciers extend deeper than 200 metres below sea level than...

4 Nov 2017 5:22 PM IST

Runoff from glaciers in the local region is an important freshwater supply and is used for agriculture and hydro- electric power. (Photo: Pixabay)

Icy ponds on Himalayan glaciers influence water flow: study

Water flowing from glacierised catchments in the Himalaya is a critical water resource for mountain dwellers in...

29 Jan 2018 8:37 PM IST

The iceberg measures 1,582 square kilometres. (Photo: AFP)

Glacier split in Antarctica not caused by climate change

Massive iceberg breaks off Antarctica- but it's normal.

2 Oct 2019 11:56 AM IST

In Anchorage, home to about 40 per cent of Alaskans, the National Weather Service issued a dense smoke advisory on Sunday warning against prolonged outdoor activity, along with advisories for the elderly and the sick to stay indoors. (Photo: AP)

Alaska's heat wave fuels dangerous smoke, melts glaciers

'People should GO, evacuate NOW. Leave immediately. DO NOT delay leaving,' the evacuation order said.

1 July 2019 6:36 PM IST

The symbolic death of a glacier is a warning to us, and we need action. (Photo: AP)

Iceland faces death of glacier for first time

Funeral for lost ice: Iceland bids farewell to glacier.

21 Aug 2019 1:11 PM IST

Glaciers are affecting the availability of freshwater.

Asian glacier movements have moderated, says study

Glaciers are becoming thinner as they are melting at a high rate.

28 Dec 2018 4:10 PM IST

Glaciologists predict that half of the small glaciers in Switzerland will disappear within the next 25 years. (Photo: Pixabay)

Scientists investigate icy streams for survival clues

Researchers will travel to the world's largest mountain glacier systems, collecting microorganisms from hundreds of...

15 Sept 2018 8:04 AM IST

Glacier outburst in Chamoli district of Uttarakhand destroying houses on the river bank (Image source: Twitter@VyvahareHarshal)

High alert in UP as glacier breaks off in neighbouring Uttarakhand

Districts on the banks of River Ganga to be on high alert 24X7

7 Feb 2021 5:13 PM IST

This handout picture distributed on July 18, 2017 by the Swiss cable cars company Glacier 3000 shows the mummified remains of a Swiss Couple who went missing 75 years ago and who were found in a glacier in the Diablerets mountains, in southern Switzerland. (Photo: AFP)

Bodies of couple lost on 1942 found preserved in glacier

Bodies discovered in southern Switzerland are believed to be remains of couple who had gone missing for 75 years.

18 July 2017 7:31 PM IST

The details of its collapse may provide a timeline for when to expect a two feet of global sea level rise and destabilisation of the much larger West Antarctic Ice Sheet.

Large hidden lakes found draining below Antarctic glacier

The ice mass, known as The Thwaites Glacier, is sliding unstoppably into the ocean, mainly due to warmer seawater...

13 Feb 2017 4:22 PM IST