New research reveals glaciers are steadily losing their battle against the impacts of climate change. Glaciers appear to be ...

It was a very early morning in August when an entire mountainside in Alaska’s Tracy Arm fjord detached and slid into the deep ocean water beneath it.

Glaciers are cooling the air around them to resist rising temperatures—but scientists say this self-defense won’t last.

The cloudy, sediment-laden meltwater from glaciers is a key source of nutrients for ocean life, but a new study suggests that ...

Glaciers are fighting back against climate change by cooling the air that touches their surfaces. But for how long? The ...

High in the mountains, glaciers once kept their cool—literally. The massive ice bodies create their own cold microclimates ...

New satellite imagery from the European Space Agency reveals nearly four decades of dramatic ice loss for two of Patagonia's ...

GENEVA — Switzerland’s glaciers have faced “enormous” melting this year with a 3% drop in total volume — the fourth-largest ...

That's the sound of water seeping from a sunbaked and slushy Swiss glacier that geoscientists are monitoring for signs of continued retreat by the majestic masses of ice under the heat of global ...

MORTERATSCH, Switzerland — Almost 7,000 feet above sea level, the trail leading up to Morteratsch Glacier gets a little longer every year. Leo Hösli has made the climb many times. Each step sends ...