Glaciers around the globe are melting at an alarming rate, and it’s not just causing sea levels to rise—it’s actually ...

Switzerland has over 1,400 glaciers. Some of them are world famous, including the largest one, the Aletsch Glacier, which is ...

What do you picture when you think about climate change? For many of us, it is the same set of dramatic images: melting ...

Glacier erosion is transforming Earth's landmass at an astonishing rate. Artificial intelligence reveals how melting ice ...

Since 2000, the world has lost more than 7 trillion tons of ice from mountain glaciers. Scientists are racing to recover ...

Hektoria glacier on the Antarctic Peninsula lost nearly half its size astonishingly rapidly. Scientists have now discovered the reasons behind its rapid retreat and say it raises fears for sea level ...

Scientists have uncovered that glaciers can temporarily cool the air around them, delaying some effects of global warming. This self-cooling, driven by katabatic winds, is nearing its peak and will ...

In terms of geology, it has always been said that 1,000 year for Earth is the equivalent of one second for a human life. After all, mountains, valleys, and ...

To help people grasp what it means to lose 273 billion tons of ice a year, two researchers are treating glaciers like ...

Far-Flung Postcards is a weekly series in which NPR's international team shares moments from their lives and work around the ...

Melting glaciers threaten Alpine skiing and snowboarding. FIS chief Urs Lehmann and other officials highlight athletes' role ...

High in the mountains, glaciers once kept their cool—literally. The massive ice bodies create their own cold microclimates that retard melting even as the rest of the planet warms. But an exhaustive ...