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Topic: Glaciers

In last 3 decades, Ganga dried up at highest rate in 1,000 yrs. ‘It’s not just climate change’

Through streamflow reconstructions for 1,300 yrs using instrumental data & hydrological modelling, IIT Gandhinagar study shows Ganga 'drying from 1991-2020 is unmatched in past millennium'.

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.

On Camera

Prada learnt its lesson. Where are ‘humara culture’ Indians on Ralph Lauren’s jhumka?

The problem, dear Ralph Lauren, is not your use of the jhumka, but your dismissal of its history. The list of stolen items is too vast to fight, but we haven't given up on acknowledgement.

Floundering PM Internship Scheme used less than 1% of Rs 10,831 crore set aside for it in FY25-26

The Standing Committee on Finance tabled its report on Demands for Grants (2026-27) in the Lok Sabha Thursday.

India-Bangladesh relations on track—After military intel chief’s visit, envoy goes to Army War College

In a first during his tenure as High Commissioner to India, Riaz Hamidullah addressed JOCAP consisting of tri-forces officers, as New Delhi & Dhaka step up normalisation efforts.

Trump brings the Age of Humiliation for friends. Modi needs stoicism abroad, humility at home

Trump has ushered in the age of humiliation. His method is to push around America’s friends rudely and publicly. He knows none of them can afford to fight back.