In what can be seen as a positive impact of global warming, large blooms of tiny marine plants called phytoplankton that can absorb carbon dioxide from atmosphere are flourishing in the area opened up by massive ice melting in Antarctica.

Aarti Dhar

YOJNA GUSAI

A discussion paper contradicting the findings of various studies, including the IPCC report, which link melting of glaciers to global warming, was released by environment minister Jairam Ramesh on Monday.

Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh had been saying it all along. Now he has the findings of a report to back his claims. A study by a former scientist at the Geological Survey of India (GSI) has sought to downplay the scare-mongering over an apparent alarming retreat of the Himalayan glaciers due to global warming.

Report Runs Counter To Pachauri Panel Findings, Says Some Glaciers Actually Expanding

New Delhi: The environment ministry on Monday published a discussion paper stating that there was no conclusive evidence to prove that the Himalayan glaciers are melting due to climate change.

Meena Menon

NEW DELHI: Just before starting his lecture on

Meena Menon

Amidst growing concerns over global warming and receding glaciers, there is some good news from Jammu and Kashmir: not all Himalayan glaciers are melting and many in the state and in its neighbourhood are stable for years now, finds out a study conducted by Jammu University.

Hyderabad, Nov. 2: Himalayan glaciers are receding continuously and significantly says glaciologist Mr Rajesh Kumar of the Birla Institute of Technology (BIT) who conducted a major study on the Himalayas.

Ananth Krishnan

BEIJING: Researchers in China have documented what they describe as the rapid retreat of glaciers on the Tibetan Plateau, the source of many of the subcontinent