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Topic: Glaciers

A fiery side-effect of melting glaciers & paging Dr Droid for gallbladder surgery

ScientiFix, our weekly feature, offers you a summary of the top global science stories of the week, with links to their sources.

Global warming alarm bells ring as glacier collapse buries entire Swiss village, a first in 125 years

Drone image shared by Swiss President Karin Keller-Sutter shows all of Blatten buried in mud. Swiss glaciers have lost 40% of volume since 2000, according to Swiss Academy of Sciences.

Dolphins smile at each other during social play & Antarctica is ‘greening’ at dramatic rate

ScientiFix, our weekly feature, offers you a summary of the top global science stories of the week, with links to their sources.

Life-sustaining freshwater first appeared on Earth 4 billion years ago, finds Nature study

Geologists analysed ancient rock crystals from Australia to find that freshwater appeared on earth a mere 600 million years after the formation of the planet.

A burst glacial lake caused Sikkim flood. What’s a GLOF & why Indian subcontinent’s at great risk

Scientists have ample evidence of GLOF events unleashing megafloods. The Sikkim flash flood happened after decades of warnings about exactly such an occurrence. 

Last month was the hottest June on record globally, EU-backed Copernicus says

The sea temperature surged to a new record in June due to longer-term changes and, in part, El Nino, fueling tropical cyclones in the Pacific and boosting rainfall.

Himalayan glaciers to lose 75 per cent of ice cover by 2100, says report

The report added that at 1.5 degrees Celsius or 2C of warming above pre-industrial temperatures, glaciers across the entire region will lose 30% to 50% of their volume by 2100.

Antarctica’s ‘Doomsday Glacier’ faces worsening melting conditions, say scientists

Researchers found warmer water making its way into crevasses and other openings known as terraces, causing sideways melt of 30 meters (98 feet) or more per year.

‘Placed under house arrest’ — Ladakh-based innovator Sonam Wangchuk’s hunger strike enters day-4

Wangchuk claims was asked to sign bond under section 107 of CrPC. He is demanding 6th Schedule for Ladakh, and govt’s intervention against mining & unplanned development in region.

‘All is not well in Ladakh’, Sonam Wangchuk urges PM Modi for climate mitigation

Innovator Wangchuk stressed that if the 'carelessness' continued and Ladakh isn't provided protection from the industries, 2/3rd of glaciers in the UT will be extinct.

On Camera

Meghnad Desai was a man of many passions. Marxian economics, politics to Bollywood

Meghnad’s interest went much beyond economics and politics. This is reflected in his writing, particularly after his retirement as a full-time LSE professor in 2003.

Govt’s earlier FDI limit of 74% in insurance sector has remained underutilised, Parliament told

In the latest budget, the FDI limit was increased to 100 percent, but most foreign companies are not buying such large stakes in the Indian insurance sector.

India to get last of Spain-built C-295 next month, focus now on 1st India-made aircraft

New Delhi: The last of the C-295 transport aircraft that is replacing the ageing Avro fleet of the Indian Air Force (IAF) will be...

Modi’s Bharat vs Indira’s India: 11-yr report card of politics, diplomacy, economy, nationalism

As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.