INNSBRUCK, Austria — Even if we manage to bring global temperatures back down after exceeding the critical 1.5°C (34.7°F) warming threshold, mountain glaciers worldwide will never fully recover. This ...

This story was supported by the Pulitzer Center. It was produced by Grist and co-published with Alaska Public Media. The Tulsequah Glacier meanders down a broad valley in northwest British Columbia, 7 ...

The Punta Rocca glacier near Canazei, in the Italian Alps in northern Italy, where a huge chunk broke loose in July 2022. [AP Photo/Luca Bruno] A newly published scientific study, (“Community estimate ...

While it might look like something out of an over-the-top gender-reveal party, bright pink waters flowing through the Swiss Alps actually have been part of an experiment aimed at better understanding ...

The cloudy, sediment-laden meltwater from glaciers is a key source of nutrients for ocean life, but a new study suggests that as climate change causes many glaciers to shrink and retreat their ...

Glaciers are often treated as scenic features or scientific curiosities. In fact, they are critical infrastructure. Though ...

A study published today in Geophysical Research Letters reveals that glaciers in western Canada, the United States, and Switzerland lost around 12 percent of their ice between 2021 and 2024. A 2021 ...

The cloudy, sediment-laden meltwater from glaciers is a key source of nutrients for ocean life, but a new study suggests that as climate change causes many glaciers to shrink and retreat, their ...