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Climate Change

High and dry

Soot-coated glaciers on a melting spree. Climate scientists have tagged the Himalayan glaciers to disappear by the end of this century. The Tibetan glaciers are in a bigger hurry to disappear, apparently. Courtesy: soot or black carbon that is increasing the sunlight-absorption capacity of the snow.

Publication Date: 
16/02/2010
Shompa Das
Down to Earth
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Himalaya, Water Resources, Glaciers, Rivers, Climate Change, Aerosols, Climate Impacts, Glacial Melt, India
Climate Change

 What went wrong in 1995

Arabian Sea cyclones increasing in number, intensity the Arabian Sea, which has warmed by 0.5o C over the past nine decades, is experiencing a shift in its climate. So much so that intense cyclones with wind speed of more than 100 km per hour have become frequent, said a team of marine scientists led by the National Institute of Oceanography (nio), Goa. The scientists analyzed 37

Publication Date: 
14/09/2009
Shompa Das
Down to Earth
Tags:
Wheat, Arabian Sea, Carbon Dioxide, Climate Change, Climate Science, Global Warming, Climate Impacts, Cyclones, India, Rainfall