Politics www.washingtonpost.com Deadly floods in India point to a looming climate emergency in the Himalayas A massive surge of rock, debris, and icy water killed more than 50 people in Uttarakhand this month. Nearly 150 others are still missing.
Impacts www.washingtonpost.com Deadly floods in India point to a looming climate emergency in the Himalayas A massive surge of rock, debris, and icy water killed more than 50 people in Uttarakhand this month. Nearly 150 others are still missing.
Politics www.nytimes.com Mountains, ice and climate change: A recipe for disasters Shrinking and thinning of glaciers is one of the most documented signs of global warming caused by rising levels of greenhouse gases.
Impacts www.nytimes.com China limited the Mekong’s flow. Other countries suffered a drought. New research show that Beijing’s engineers appear to have directly caused the record low levels of water in Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam.
Newsletter www.theguardian.com The sound of icebergs melting: My journey into the Antarctic Not long after Antarctica recorded some of its highest-ever temperatures, I joined a group of scientists studying how human activity is transforming the continent.
Impacts www.yesmagazine.org Alaska’s melting glaciers tell the story of climate change New studies put hard numbers to Alaska's glacial retreat, now plainly visible to tourists.
