Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) latest study shows that if East Antarctica’s Wilkes Basin’s rim of ice lets go, it is likely to trigger a persistent ice discharge into the ocean
Beach tourism of 51 countries would be critically affected and temperature may increase by 4.8 degree Celsius by 2100 if no measures are taken to curb global warming, said Dr Kuldeep Dhindasa, a re
Parts of the vast ice sheet of East Antarctica - which collectively holds enough water to raise global sea levels by 53 metres - could begin an irreversible slide into the sea this century, causing
From the tropics to the poles, from small islands to large continents, and from the poorest countries to the richest, climate change impacts are already widespread, costly and consequential, UN sec
Part of East Antarctica is more vulnerable than expected to a thaw that could trigger an unstoppable slide of ice into the ocean and raise world sea levels for thousands of years, a study showed on
Industrialized nations’ greenhouse gas emissions fell by 1.3 percent in 2012, led by a US decline to the lowest in almost two decades with a shift to natural gas from dirtier coal, official statist