Himalayan glaciers shrinking, threatening Indian farmland; farmers must adopt resource-responsible practices to combat ...

In winter, skiing and ice climbing take over. In summer, hiking trails like Plain of Six Glaciers give you access to rarely quiet alpine views. This park is more rugged than polished, and that’s ...

Glaciers in Arunachal Pradesh retreated at a rate of 16.94 square kilometres per year between 1988 and 2020. Making an inventory of glaciers is useful for studying their changes over time, say experts ...

Researchers concluded that the world’s glaciers have lost about 5% of their ice since 2000 – and that they’re melting faster than ever. But Alaska takes the cake. The report says the state ...

As of the year 2000, glaciers—excluding the continental ice sheets of Greenland and Antarctica—covered an area of 705,221 km² and held approximately 121,728 billion tons of ice worldwide. Since then, ...

Glaciers in the Alps and around the world are retreating faster and faster. The consequences of melting glaciers are being felt not only in Switzerland, but all over the planet. The UN ...

During the Cryogenian, our planet was plunged into a series of deep freezes when enormous glaciers flowed across the globe. In new research published in Geology, we show that these crushing rivers of ...

A groundbreaking study reveals the world’s glaciers are melting at a record pace, losing trillions of tons of ice and significantly accelerating the climate crisis Climate change is accelerating the ...

Glaciers serve as the largest reservoirs of frozen freshwater on Earth. They primarily form when massive ice sheets from the Arctic and Antarctic break into smaller sections. Additionally ...

Peru's latest glacier inventory in 2023 showed the country had lost over half its glaciers in the last six decades due to climate change. The Ancash, the region Huaraz is located in, has 26 ...

Story by Marcel Kuhn, M.Sc.