Regional pollution is speeding up snow melt in the Indian Himalayas. That's according to a new study from an international ...

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 ...

Bands of men, dressed in paint-daubed boiler suits, are dipping mugs in buckets full of white paint and splashing the chalky ...

Scientists have discovered microplastics in the snow near some of Antarctica's deep field camps, revealing how far-reaching ...

The results of this study will have a broad range of applications. They can be used to determine which outlet glaciers of the Greenland Ice Sheet are most likely to form subglacial channels and ...

Dehradun: Increasing dust storms are rapidly intensifying snow and glacier melt in the fragile Himalayan ecosystem, posing a significant threat to reg.

On a remote island in the Canadian Arctic, researchers have discovered the remains of an ancient glacier that could be over a million years old. The discovery represents what may be the oldest ...

As glaciers disappear at an alarming rate due to climate change, the UN General Assembly has declared 2025 the International Year of Glaciers’ Preservation (IYGP). Glaciers and ice sheets hold around ...

WEST GLACIER — Glacier National Park has announced that because of extremely limited parking during construction in the Swiftcurrent area, the park will restrict personal vehicle access into ...

Yala glacier in Nepal is predicted to vanish by the 2040s, due to significant reductions in area and volume. Monitoring since 1974 shows a retreat of 680m and a 36% area reduction. This glacier is ...

More than half of Svalbard is covered by glaciers. If they were to completely melt tomorrow, the global sea level would rise by 1.7cm. Although this won’t happen overnight, glaciers in the ...