To give an impetus to the study of Indian glaciers, The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) has signed a first-of-its-kind Memorandum of Understanding with the Indian Mountaineering Federation (IMF), hoping to combine the scientific study and assessment of India

Will Maldives cease to exist, engulfed by seas rising from the effects of global warming?

Barun Roy / New Delhi April 9, 2009, 0:17 IST

Madhur Tankha

NEW DELHI: The Energy and Resources Institute and the Indian Mountaineering Foundation on Wednesday signed a memorandum of understanding to study, preserve and safeguard the Himalayan glaciers under the National Mission of Sustaining the Himalayan Eco-system.

This Press kit provides information on international Seminar on

Boreal spring climate is uniquely susceptible to solar warming mechanisms because it has expansive snow cover and receives relatively strong insolation. Carbonaceous particles can influence snow coverage by warming the atmosphere, reducing surface-incident solar energy (dimming), and reducing snow reflectance after deposition (darkening).

LONDON: The massive Antarctic iceberg is

Major climatic changes due to global warming would lead to disturbed rainfall patterns in the country, an eminent environmentalist said on Sunday.

"The rise in global warming will lead to major changes in rainfall patterns. In essence rainfall will decrease and become more erratic, said RK Pachauri, chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

Caroline Howe

A silent revolution is happening in college and corporate campuses where nearly three lakh youth are being trained to be youth leaders to change and empower the next generation against climate change.

Some Scientific Models Go A Step Further, Predict Large Portion Of Ice Could Disappear In 11 Years

Washington: Some 80% of Arctic ice may disappear in 30 years, not 90 as scientists had previously estimated, according to a new study on the impact of global warming.

Shekhar Bhatia

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