Fiber optic cable deployed on a Swiss glacier has detected the seismic signals of crevasses opening in the ice, confirming ...

Over the past two decades, satellite-based planetary observations have recorded rapid mass loss of Patagonian glaciers, contributing approximately 0.07 mm per year to global sea-level rise. A study ...

On a rail journey through Switzerland’s Engadine Alps, dramatic Alpine wonders unfold at every turn, with glaciers carving ...

Mountains, glaciers and alpine snowpacks, which collectively support the freshwater needs of over half the world’s population, are undergoing rapid, irreversible change. A newly released United ...

Glacier Database, Version 1 data set, available at the NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center (NSIDC DAAC), has been updated. This update includes new glacier ...

Whether you live in Alaska or are visiting, glaciers are one of the state’s most awe-inspiring and unique attractions. Home to the most glaciers in the United States, Alaska offers incredible ...

The research, led by the University of Bristol and published in Nature Communications, shows the vast majority (91%) of glaciers across Svalbard in the Arctic have been significantly shrinking.

The Cilo Mountains of Hakkari in southeastern Türkiye are home to glaciers that are up to 20,000 years old. The ice caps currently soar to a height of 4,135 metres above sea level, but they ...

The world's glaciers are losing an average of 273 billion tonnes of ice per year – that's equivalent to around three Olympic-sized swimming pools per second. They have been doing so since the ...

Recent data from 2024, covering 5,500 glaciers in the Andes, shows that these mountains have lost 25% of their ice cover since the late 1800s. Their tropical glaciers are melting ten times faster ...