LONDON: Global warming five million years ago may have caused parts of Antarctica's large ice sheets to melt and sea levels to rise by approximately 20 metres, a new study has claimed.

Global warming five million years ago may have caused parts of Antarctica’s large ice sheets to melt and sea levels to rise by approximately 20 metres, a new study has claimed.

Each degree celsius rise in global temperatures is likely to raise world's sea levels by more than 2 metres within the next 2,000 years, a new study has warned.

A satellite has detected that 300 billion tonnes of ice is being lost every year from the Antarctic and Greenland glaciers, dramatically increasing sea levels around the world.

A government report has pinned the responsibility of the Uttarakhand disaster on “haphazard human intervention” -- hydel projects, mining, de-forestation and infrastructure for religious tourism, w

By 2030, average temperatures could rise by one to 4.5 degrees Celsius in the Himalayan region

As receding glaciers form new lakes across the Himalayan frontier, a new dimension has been added to the strategic paradigm.

With an expected 2°C rise in the world’s average temperature in the next few decades, Nepal will face a host of challenges, including glacial lake outbursts, erratic monsoon, flooding and water ins

Sri Lanka will be among South Asian countries hard hit by climate change and this could undermine efforts to overcome poverty and increase economic growth, according to a new scientific report rele

Bangladesh will be among the most affected countries in South Asia with an expected two degree Celsius (2°C) rise in the world's average temperature in the next decades, according to a new scientif