At dawn, a Himalayan giant briefly turns gold, shaping legends, beliefs and landscapes, leaving viewers wondering how light, ...

A better understanding of the bedrock can help researchers calculate how quickly the continent's melting glaciers might ...

Often described as remote and forbidding, this island has quietly become one of the most closely watched places on Earth, drawing attention not just f.

From Yosemite’s Badger Pass to little-known slopes in Washington State and Ohio, three parks offer a rare chance to ski ...

Geography researcher Dr Grace Nield has been awarded a prestigious Royal Society Fellowship to advance understanding of how ice loss contributes to global sea-level rise. Grace was selected for a ...

Sacred mountains became signs of divine creation. Conservation became a moral duty. Festivals became moments of gratitude and prayer. Islam, in particular, reinforced environmental discipline with ...

A theme known as \"Blue Davos\" is beginning to emerge at the World Economic Forum's annual meeting, signifying that water-related issues are no longer .

One of Earth’s earliest mass extinctions wiped out most ocean life during a sudden global ice age. From the ruins, jawed vertebrates survived, diversified, and transformed the course of evolution.

About 445 million years ago, Earth’s oceans turned into a danger zone. Glaciers spread across the supercontinent Gondwana, and shallow seas shrank fast.

Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. Now, for the first time, scientists have ...

Researchers have figured out how many glaciers around the world are likely to survive until the year 2100 under various global warming scenarios, and the outlook is sobering. At the highest analyzed ...