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

"We heard huge booming sounds travelling down through the glacier," said Ron Chambers, a First Nations member and former ...

Mount Rainier National Park, established in 1899, was our nation’s fifth national park. Home to 14,410 ft. iconic Mt. Rainier ...

Glacial outburst floods aren't a new phenomenon in Alaska, but climate change is scrambling the geography of risk.

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 ...

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

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.

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

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

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

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