As the world focuses on glacier preservation on UN World Water Day, researchers at the University of Waterloo are exploring ...

They also use crampons, ice screws and carabiners. The conditions have to be just right: When it’s too warm, the ice grows soft and can separate from the rock wall; when it’s too cold, the ice becomes ...

Climbing Helvellyn is a hugely rewarding experience, whichever route you decide to take. As well as being one of the Lake ...

Melting ice is revealing new coastal zones in the Arctic, but while this new landscape might fuel speculation about natural ...

Henry shares his recent weeks-long adventure in New Zealand ✓ Where he trekked on glaciers and hiked mountains with an IWC ...

At 5 100 meters above sea level, the air around Bolivia's Huayna Potosí glacier is thin, brittle with altitude. The wind ...

Charles Kibaki Muchiri traced the water trickling across the surface of the Lewis Glacier with his fingers, illustrating how ...

A glacial lake outburst flood in the Himalayas in October 2023 damaged more than 30 bridges and destroyed a 200-foot-high (60-meter) hydropower plant. Residents had little warning. By the time the ...

When mountain permafrost thaws and glaciers melt, glacial lakes can become lethal flood risks for anyone downstream.

Reaching Ouray, Colorado, is part of the adventure. The town is located along the scenic San Juan Skyway, offering ...

Writer Lale Arikoglu follows the historic 1,000 mile sled dog race to find out why it still captures so many imaginations.

Nan Shepherd’s The Living Mountain is a meditation on the Cairngorms. Decades on, its quiet wisdom remains urgent, reminding ...