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

Mountains, which cover 33 million sq km of the Earth’s surface, are crucial for sustaining life on the planet. For instance, ...

The Hindu Kush Himalayan (HKH) region, home to the world's largest ice reserves outside the Arctic and Antarctic, is ...

March 21 marks the first-ever World Day for Glaciers, a global observance aimed at raising awareness about the accelerating ...

Accelerating glacier melt could trigger an avalanche of cascading impacts on economies, ecosystems and communities.

Satellite analyses by Suhora Technologies, which monitors 33,000 lakes across the Indus, Ganga, and Brahmaputra basins, ...

Amit Sharma As per World Meteorological Organization, Glaciers dropped about 600 gigatons of water in 2023, the most substantial loss in last 5 decades. Glaciers occupy an important role in the ...

These glacial deposits were of two kinds: Till - mixed or unstratified materials directly deposited by ice. Examples of till deposits include drumlins, moraines and erratics. Fluvio-glacial ...

A graphic showing how sediments from under the glacier pile up into buttressing moraines and how the UT Austin-led expedition plans to explore the glacial environment.

Hiking on glaciers can be dangerous due to hidden crevasses and unpredictable weather. You should always hike with a ...

Sarah Palmer is a photographer based in Toronto. She explores pop culture and current events with a focus on the subcultures ...