By systematically assessing data gathered by different methods, researchers refined estimates of global glacier melt and its ...

Fiber optic cable deployed on a Swiss glacier has detected the seismic signals of crevasses opening in the ice, confirming ...

Although the team obviously can’t tie zircon minerals to the Roman Empire’s collapse, their lengthy migration inside frozen ...

To draw attention to such losses and to highlight the crucial part played by glaciers, snow and ice in the climate system, the United Nations has declared 2025 as the International Year of ...

Ice-caving adventures are a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to explore stunning glacial formations across the world ...

But as glaciers melt faster, they also pose potentially lethal risks. Water from the melting ice often drains into depressions once occupied by the glacier, creating large lakes. Many of these ...

World's Glaciers Are Losing Record Ice as Global Temperatures Climb, U.N. Says By Alexander Villegas (Reuters) - Glaciers around the globe are disappearing faster than ever, with the last three ...

Together with ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica, glaciers lock up about 70 per cent of the world’s freshwater reserves. They are striking indicators of climate change as they typically ...

At 5 100 meters above sea level, the air around Bolivia's Huayna Potosí glacier is thin, brittle with altitude. The wind moves over the ice in long, deliberate strokes, shaping a landscape caught ...

The 9,000 gigatonnes of ice lost from glaciers since 1975 are roughly equivalent to “an ice block the size of Germany with the thickness of 25m”, Professor Michael Zemp, director of the ...