Earth's 275,000 glaciers currently store around 70 per cent of the world's freshwater and are relied on by almost two billion people. But to mark World Glacier Day on Friday, scientists now warn ...

It is the story of our world’s glaciers, melting faster than ever, sending a warning we can no longer ignore. In 2023, glaciers experienced their greatest water loss in over 50 years ...

Glaciers are nature’s frozen sentinels, vast rivers of ice and snow that carve the Earth, silently bearing witness to the passage of time and the shifting rhythms of our planet. They are ...

Hyderabad: Almost all of India’s glaciers — the ice reservoirs built over tens of thousands of years – in the Himalayas are melting, according to the central government. Acknowledging the ...

All 19 of the world’s glacier regions experienced a net loss of mass in 2024 for the third consecutive year, the United Nations said Friday, warning that saving the planet’s glaciers was now a matter ...

Melting of glaciers can trigger natural disasters such as floods, landslides and avalanches.(Shutterstock) Glacial melting can result in nuclear power plant shutdowns, agriculture and water ...

At 5 100 meters above sea level, the air around Bolivia's Huayna Potosí glacier is thin, brittle with altitude. The wind moves over the ice in long, deliberate strokes, shaping a landscape caught ...

(Reuters) - 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 ...

AS the global community celebrates World Water Day 2025 on Saturday, with the theme: ‘Water and Climate Change: Preserving Glaciers’, it is critical to examine the significance of glaciers to ...

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The first World Day for Glaciers is less a celebration than a reckoning as years of record, rapid glacier retreat means many will not survive the 21st century. https ...

Glaciers—moving masses of ice that are also considered freshwater reservoirs—serve as vital components of Earth's climate and hydrological systems, sustaining ecosystems, agriculture and human ...