Almost a quarter of the glaciers in one of the world's last pristine ecosystems have melted from climate change, according to ...

Too much water behind these dams or a landslide into the lake can break the dam, sending huge volumes of water and debris sweeping down the mountain valleys, wiping out everything in the way. Most ...

Glaciers are top-heavy where they meet the ocean, while most of their mass hides below the surface. Warm water erodes the ...

Martian glaciers are mostly pure ice across the Red Planet, suggesting they might potentially be useful resources for any ...

Glaciers in Washington, Montana, British Columbia, Alberta and the Swiss Alps have set grim records over the past four years, ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — The beauty of the Three Sisters can stop you in your tracks, but behind the snowcapped peaks lies a ...

Each summer in the mountains above Juneau, Alaska, meltwater from the massive Mendenhall Glacier flows into mountain lakes ...

Switzerland spends almost $500m a year on protective structures. Is it worth it - or, as some suggest, should people move ...

For more than 40 years, glaciologist Mauri Pelto has been measuring shrinking glaciers in Washington State. He's been joined ...

Glaciers at World Heritage sites shed around 58 billion tons of ice each year, UNESCO reports, which is equivalent to the total volume of water used annually in France and Spain combined.

The Pine Island and Thwaites glaciers, which sit side by side in West Antarctica on the Amundsen Sea, are among the fastest changing glaciers in the region, already accounting for 5% of global sea ...

Glaciers in Asia’s Hindu Kush Himalaya could lose up to 75% of their volume by century’s end due to global warming, causing both dangerous flooding and water shortages for the 240 million ...