Glaciers are often treated as scenic features or scientific curiosities. In fact, they are critical infrastructure. Though ...
There's evidence trapped in ancient ice that during warm periods millions of years ago, the ice-free Southern Ocean responded ...
Glaciers—dynamic masses of ice descending from the mountain tops—have always been fascinating to humankind. They intrinsically belong to the high-alpine environment. Countless photographs immortalize ...
Glaciers are awe-inspiring geological formations that have defined landscapes all over the world, including Colorado. A glacier is formed when snow accumulates for many years until thick ice is formed ...
A groundbreaking new study provides the first consistent global picture of glacier decline since 2000, revealing that glaciers across the world have lost a whopping 5% of their volume since then. When ...
Neera Shrestha Pradhan is Senior Water and Adaptation Specialist, International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD); Tenzing Chogyal Sherpa is Cryosphere Analyst, ICIMOD; and Sunita ...
Thousands of glaciers will vanish each year in the coming decades, leaving only a fraction standing by the end of the century unless global warming is curbed, a study showed on Monday. Government ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Paul Kennard knew Mount Rainier was in trouble when its most-visited tourist attraction melted. “I think the real warning bell for ...