Glacial lakes in the Himalayas could pose a major hazard to population centres if they are ruptured by earthquakes, scientists say. The true risk to settlements and infrastructure downstream in the Hindu-Kush-Himalayas region is difficult to assess. But the Himalayan region is dotted with glacial lakes and is in a seismically active zone.Experts say that,

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A GROUP of leading climate scientists will experience some personal warming of their own this week at a Gold Coast conference to finalise a landmark paper on extreme weather events and disasters. The three-day symposium will be attended by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change chairman R.K. Pachauri, and scientists from more than 50 nations.

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Confronting and responding to climate change is one of the foremost issues of our time, with the burden of response spread unequally around the globe. In general, climate impacts are hitting, and will continue to hit, both developed and developing worlds. However, developing and less developed countries will be affected more quickly and emphatically than

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How will this affect me? That is the silent thought that echoes through our heads. Or, it’s not your fault. Our brains have been programmed to think as such — the urge to do so heightened by functioning in an increasingly globalised, competitive and cut-throat world. Remember the flood tax that reduced your take-home income?

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The objective of the Summer School is to offer an updated and recent view of the ongoing trends in Climate Change research in an annual basis. This school is designed to approach the main scientific topic from a multidisciplinary approach, depending on the main trends of Climate Change issues and allowing for an integrated view

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BANGALORE: A comprehensive study of Isro satellite images reveals 75% of Himalayan glaciers are on the retreat, with the ave rage shrinkage bein g 3.75km during the 15 years under study. The grim findings come after raging controversy over claims in the 2007 IPCC report of Himalayan glaciers disappearing by 2035, which were later retracted.

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