The surface of Mars is known for being an extremely cold, desiccated, and irradiated place. But as its many surface features attest, the red planet was once a warmer, wetter place with flowing ...

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 ...

About an hour’s drive from Anchorage on the Seward Highway is Portage Valley and the Begich, Boggs Visitor Center. Two glaciers are easily accessible in the valley. Byron Glacier is considered ...

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 ...

These conical towers gradually melt during spring and summer, providing a lifeline to orchards and crops long before the natural glaciers begin to thaw. The ‘ice stupas’ have already ...

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 ...

A new UN report warns that glaciers are melting at record speeds, threatening the water security of billions. From the Himalayas to the Andes, the collapse of Earth’s 'water towers' signals a ...

promotes and celebrates the Blackstone Valley’s resources, has created a series of hikes led by experienced volunteer trail ambassadors that trek through glacial gorges, granite quarries ...

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 ...

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 ...

The state's susceptibility to such events stems from its dynamic topography and history of disasters, such as the 2013 Kedarnath floods and the 2021 Raini avalanche. USDMA's three-phase plan ...