The Himalayan Mountains are home to the highest peak in Mount Everest at 29,029 feet, but also to the third largest deposit of ice and snow in the world, after Antarctica and the Arctic. Now the ...

Global warming is real and if there ever was a doubt about its devastating consequences, a new report has set alarm bells ...

Rising temperatures and intense human activity are destabilising the icy terrain, risking the lives of climbers and sherpas.

Retreating glaciers — rivers of ice shrinking back as the world warms — are the most tangible and direct evidence of climate ...

Zanskar, located in the Ladakh region of India's mountain highlands, has felt the full force of glacier retreat. With no ...

As glaciers retreat due to a rise in global temperatures, one study shows that detailed 3D elevation models could drastically ...

The United Nations has designated 2025 as the International Year of Glaciers’ Preservation to highlight the importance of ...

Climate change appears to be making some of Switzerland’s vaunted glaciers look like Swiss cheese: full of holes.

Switzerland's glaciers have hit their annual "glacier loss day"—when winter's snow and ice are gone—weeks earlier than usual, according to Glacier Monitoring in Switzerland. The 2024 tipping point ...

Here, the new satellite reveals stunning variety within the tropical forest landscape. Green hues indicate forested areas; ...

Climate change appears to be making some of Switzerland's vaunted glaciers look like Swiss cheese: full of holes.