Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If you’ve ever looked at a world map and thought it was set in stone, think again. Glaciers around the globe are melting at an ...

An iconic Argentinian glacier, long thought one of the few on Earth to be relatively stable, is now undergoing its “most substantial retreat in the past century,” according to new research. The Perito ...

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 ...

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 ...

The journey from the weather station to the Kara-Batkak Glacier takes about four hours across rocky terrain and roaring rivers. The glacier sees few tourists, and the existing trails tend to be tracks ...

If you’ve ever looked at a world map and thought it was set in stone, think again. Glaciers around the globe are melting at an alarming rate, and it’s not just causing sea levels to rise—it’s actually ...