We Are Entering a World Without Ice

Dharna Noor / The Real News Network Jul 9, 2019 Author Dahr Jamail reflects on Alaska's unprecedented heat wave and a climate crisis that will only grow more dire in the coming decades. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )

Climate-Smart Villages Boost Nepali Farmers’ Harvests

By Kieran Cooke, Climate News Network Oct 5, 2015 Nepali farmers are finding that environmentally friendly cultivation methods increase yields -- and also help them adapt to rising temperatures and increasingly erratic rainfall. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Alaska’s Glaciers Melt Faster as Climate Change Speeds Up

By Tim Radford, Climate News Network Jul 1, 2015 A changing climate, rather than natural causes, is the main reason for Alaska’s glacier loss, which is set to speed up, U.S. scientists say. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Glacier Loss Raises High Concern Over Water Supplies

By Tim Radford, Climate News Network Jun 3, 2015 Massively increased ice melt in the high Himalayas because of climate change could seriously jeopardize the flow of water for billions of people in Asia. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Climate Worries Insurers and Military

By Alex Kirby, Climate News Network May 16, 2014 Powerful voices in finance and the armed forces are warning of risks of increasingly extreme weather events causing billions of dollars of damage and potentially igniting humanitarian disasters and regional conflicts. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

India’s Diesel Fumes Fuel Glacier Melt

By Kieran Cooke, Climate News Network Mar 8, 2014 Air pollution is a lethal problem in Kolkata and other parts of India -- and it is helping to melt the not-so-eternal snows of the Himalayas, scientists say. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Himalayas to Be Wetter and Warmer Over Next Century

By Kieran Cooke, Climate News Network Aug 11, 2013 There have been dire warnings about melting glaciers in the Himalayas leading to falling flows in some of Asia’s major rivers. Now scientists are turning some of their original research on its head. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Glaciers Are Melting Slowly but Surely

By Tim Radford, Climate News Network May 22, 2013 Most of the world's glaciers are retreating more slowly than the few that are shrinking fast. But new research confirms that almost all of them are losing mass. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )