It may not be pretty to look at, but it's certainly caught the attention of passerbys and scientists like Sinead Louise Farrell, an assistant professor at the University of Maryland.

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

Scientists set a date for the peak disappearance of glaciers: up to 4,000 could be lost in a single historic year.

Glacier tourism tends to do more harm than good, and when the glaciers are gone, local economies will have to adapt ...

Warming temperatures are wreaking havoc at elevation, upending the Winter Olympics and the tourism industry and imperiling ...

A new United Nations report warns that the world has entered “global water bankruptcy,” meaning demand is outpacing supply in ...

The Greenland Ice Sheet is rapidly melting. New research reveals how atmospheric dust is fueling algal growth and accelerating ice melt.

As Trump pulls back from regulations on climate change, many scientists remain worried about the warming of the oceans, ...

Beneath the vast, frozen expanse of Antarctica lies a hidden mystery that has puzzled scientists for decades. In a recent study published in Communications Earth & Environment, researchers uncovered ...

Whether these signs are rooted in science (like the Doomsday Glacier) or simply popular myth, they have been associated with the end of the world – or at least life as we know it ...

Some 2,500 huts dot the landscape across the Alps. For more than two centuries, hikers and climbers have sought out these refuges as they’ve navigated the snowy, high elevations. But the mountain ...

Massive barrier could ‘slow the rate of ice loss’ from Thwaites Glacier, whose total collapse would have devastating consequences ...