In Alaska’s capital, a retreating glacier has turned from postcard backdrop into a recurring threat, sending sudden torrents ...

When Alaska's Ice Surrenders to Water 65 feet, breaking records set just the year before when a sudden glacial lake outburst ...

Mountain guides are witnessing the impact of warming temperatures firsthand, as melting glaciers force them to adapt new ...

Scientists are worried about the melting of Antarctica's ice sheets and what it could mean for sea levels. There's a ...

Bad weather ​delayed expedition scientists’​ ​efforts to set up camp on Thwaites Glacier ​in Antarctica ​and take ...

Low clouds have lifted long enough for helicopters to ferry scientists and their gear to a fast-melting glacier on the edge ...

The paper argues that glaciers can store antibiotic resistance genes for long periods and that climate-driven melting may ...

Climate change is having a tremendous impact on Western Canada glaciers, which experienced their second-worst year of ice ...

Ice in the Arctic and Antarctica plays a critical role in maintaining life on Earth, and it is melting faster than previously thought. This is threatening our planet with potentially massive sea-level ...

High in the mountains, glaciers once kept their cool—literally. The massive ice bodies create their own cold microclimates that retard melting even as the rest of the planet warms. But an exhaustive ...

In the rugged North Cascade Mountains of Washington State, no one likely knows this glacier better than Mauri Pelto, who says, "My life has been shaped by this ice." For more than 40 years, Pelto, a ...