The IAEA event, Cryosphere: The impact of retreating glaciers, will take place on 6 December at 11:00 (GMT +4). The panel discussion will focus on the high-risk areas of cryosphere melting and glacier ...

Glaciers around the globe are disappearing faster than ever, with the last three-year period seeing the largest glacial mass ...

Retreating glaciers threaten the food and water supply of two billion people around the world, the UN has warned, as current ...

The report coincides with a UNESCO summit in Paris marking the first World Day for Glaciers, urging global action to protect ...

Scientists from the University of Sheffield will warn policymakers that the shrinking glaciers of the Andes threaten the ...

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

For nearly 70 years scientists have been probing, measuring, drilling and generally getting to know South Cascade Glacier in ...

Rapid glacier melt threatens food, water and energy, with mountain regions facing severe disruptions to agriculture and ...

A UNESCO report reveals that glaciers worldwide are melting at an unprecedented rate, losing 9,000 gigatons of ice since 1975 ...

Glacial melting can result in nuclear power plant shutdowns, agriculture and water resources being put at risk, and coastal ...

The melting of glaciers, a direct effect of global warming, is accelerating and bringing serious consequences for people and ...

Some of Europe’s most spectacular glaciers will be gone by the end of this century, hastening sea-level rise and freshwater ...