ISLAMABAD: Owing to continuous emissions of greenhouse gases, increased global average sea-level is likely to rise by nearly 8 feet by the year 2100 and 50 feet by 2300, as per a new study. According to the researchers from Rutgers University USA, under moderate emissions, central estimates of ...

ISLAMABAD: Tarbela Dam on Monday filled to its maximum storage level of 1550 feet above mean sea level. It is worth mentioning that 6.047 million acre of feet (MAF) water to the tune of maximum live storage capacity of Tarbela has been stored in the reservoir. Meanwhile, the position of the river ...

*LONDON - Tsunamis will become more common and more ferocious with global warming, scientists have warned after a study found that the rise in global sea level will increase the risk of coastal cities being wiped out.* Smaller earthquakes that currently pose no serious tsunami threat ...

Tampa: Planet-warming greenhouse gases surged to new highs as abnormally hot temperatures swept the globe and ice melted at record levels in the Arctic last year due to climate change, a major US report said Wednesday. The annual State of the Climate Report, compiled by more than 450 scientists ...

MIAMI: (APP) Scientists who study patterns of natural shifts in the Earth's climate said Thursday they have uncovered a "worrisome" signal that major sea level rise could be on the way. The findings in the journal Science show that ocean surface temperatures during the Earth's last warm period, ...

PARIS, May 19 (APP): Glacier melting can raise sea level by 2 meters A rapidly melting glacier atop East Antarctica is on track to lift oceans at least two metres, and could soon pass a "tipping point" of no return, researchers said Wednesday. To date, scientists have mostly worried about the ...