Glaciers in many regions will not survive the 21st century if they keep melting at the current rate, UN climate experts said on March 21. March 21 marked the first-ever World Glacier Day, established ...

The National Park Service describes Kenai Fjords National Park in Alaska as the location “where mountains, ice and ocean meet.” This description provides you with a good idea of what you can see at ...

Besides Glacier National Park's internal campgrounds, there are several glamping sites and RV parks in the surrounding area. Reserve your campsite ahead of time if possible. Once there ...

China’s glacier area has shrunk by 26% since 1960 due to rapid global warming, with 7,000 small glaciers disappearing completely and glacial retreat intensifying in recent years, official data ...

As rising temperatures accelerate the pace of Arctic glacier retreat, nearly 2,500 kilometers of new coastline have emerged in just two decades. According to a study, Greenland alone accounts for ...

Scientists have some wild ideas to slow sea-level rise caused by melting ice. Glaciers generally move so slowly you can’t see their progress with the naked eye. (Their pace is … glacial.) ...

Glaciers around the globe are disappearing faster than ever, with the last three-year period seeing the largest glacial mass loss on record, according to a UNESCO report released on March 21. The ...

Retreating glaciers pose an existential threat to nearly two billion people worldwide, the United Nations has warned, highlighting that the current rate of ice loss is unprecedented. The World Water ...

In mountain ranges around the world, glaciers are melting as global temperatures rise. Europe’s Alps and Pyrenees lost 40% of their glacier volume from 2000 to 2023. These and other icy regions have ...

Most glacial lakes began forming over a century ago as a result of warming trends since the 1860s, but their abundance and rates of growth have risen rapidly since the 1960s. Many people living in the ...

China is staring at a water crisis in the mid-to-long term after the latest climate data showed a rapidly depleting glacial count. As many as 7,000 glaciers have disappeared completely ...

Within glacial ice sheets, there are streams of ice, sometimes called ice rivers, that move much faster than the surrounding ice. If you’re having trouble imagining how ice moves inside ice, Elizabeth ...