Climate change is causing the world's glaciers to disappear at an alarming rate. Scientists have been studying and modeling ...

Glacial melting can result in nuclear power plant shutdowns, agriculture and water resources being put at risk, and coastal cities being threatened by flooding.

The melting of glaciers, a direct effect of global warming, is accelerating and bringing serious consequences for people and ...

High in the Andes Mountains, glaciers have fed life for centuries. Their frozen stores of water support millions of people ...

Glaciers in many regions will not survive the 21st century if they keep melting at the current rate, potentially jeopardising ...

Rapid glacier melt threatens food, water and energy, with mountain regions facing severe disruptions to agriculture and ...

The United Nations’ designation of 2025 as the International Year of Glaciers’ Preservation underscores the urgency of ...

Researchers found that climate change induced glacial melt increases the heavy metal content and changes the microbiome of habitat-forming brown algae in Arctic fjords. As algae are at the basis of ...

All 19 of the world's glacier regions experienced a net loss of mass in 2024, for the third consecutive year, the United ...

The World Meteorological Organization highlights the threat posed by ice melting to water supply and rising sea levels ...

Charles Kibaki Muchiri traced the water trickling across the surface of the Lewis Glacier with his fingers, illustrating how ...

Peru is home to nearly 70% of the world's tropical glaciers, considered at high risk due to being constantly near or at melting temperature. They play a key role in water supply, storing snowfall ...