Glaciers are melting at an alarming rate due to climate change, leading to the formation and expansion of glacial lakes. While these lakes may appear serene, th ...

Here’s your knowledge nugget for today. The environment ministry’s expert appraisal committee (EAC) has cleared a proposal to construct a 118-metre high dam in the same place where a devastating ...

A recent study has unveiled a troubling trend in the Eastern Himalayas, where 110 glaciers in Arunachal Pradesh have vanished ...

An international study has cautioned that the growing number of hydroelectric projects near glacier lakes in the Himalayas increases risks of glacial lake outburst floods (GLOF). The 2023 flood ...

An international team of scientists have modelled formation and evolution of strongest magnetic fields in the Universe.

Yellowstone Park is a popular destination for geology field trips. It’s easy to see why — the dynamic landscape contains a ...

The collapse of a 14.7-million cubic metre mass of rock, ice and sediment into the South Lhonak glacial lake was the trigger behind the devastating 2023 Sikkim flood that destroyed a hydropower dam on ...

New 3D maps of the Greenland Ice Sheet show how huge cracks in the ice that accelerate melting expanded between 2016 and 2021 ...

There’s still snow on the upper slopes, look. I hear there are lots of glacial features to see here. CONNOR: Yes, like corries, like that one over there. A corrie is an armchair-shaped hollow ...

Supra-glacial debris cover is key to glacier ablation through increasing (thin debris layer) or decreasing (thick debris layer) melt rates, thereby regulating the mass balance of a glacier and its ...

Thousands of hotels are planning to open their doors in 2025. They are sprouting in cities, on islands, in the middle of the ...