For many years, scientists have been discussing whether the population in mountain regions is increasingly at risk from ...

Learn how glaciers melt and contribute to seas rising in this animated explainer from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Credit: NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory ...

Observing Greenland from a helicopter, the main problem is one of comprehending scale. I have thought we were skimming low ...

New data from Lago Argentino, Patagonia reveal that glacial erosion occurs in discrete pulses, which challenges previous ...

At the top of the world, there is a sea—the remains of one, at least. The summit rocks of Mount Everest, the highest ...

The GLIMS initiative has created a unique glacier inventory, storing information about the extent and rates of change of all the world's mountain glaciers and ice caps. The GLIMS Glacier Database was ...

The ranges and valleys of the Swiss Alps stand out in this image captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission in December 2024.

Both the Argentine and the Chilean governments recognize permafrost as a strategic freshwater reserve which, in times of ...

Two coastal scientists from the the Woods Hole Sea Grant offered a frank talk about the past, present and future of the ...

Editor's note: After this story was published, the company changed its name from Glazed Lily to Glacier Lily, therefore, the name has been updated to reflect that in this story. You know the song A ...

The Centre has approved the implementation of a new National Glacial Lake Outburst Flood (GLOF) Risk Mitigation Project (NGRMP) in Himachal Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim and Uttarakhand. In a ...

A Glacial Lake Outburst Flood (GLOF) is a sudden release of water from a glacial lake due to the failure of a natural dam, leading to catastrophic flooding.Global warming has intensified the risk ...