As glaciers around the world continue to shrink and disappear, they are drawing more visitors than ever, not only for their beauty but for what they have come to represent in an era of climate change.

It's difficult to forget standing in front of a glacier that is advancing toward you, towering ice pillars constantly cracking as they inch forward. The motion is too slow to see in real time but is ...

Glaciers function as critical infrastructure, supplying water, food, and energy for nearly half the world’s population, even though they cover only a small share of the Earth’s surface. That support ...

Hundreds gathered to say goodbye when 700-year-old Pizol died. The funeral in Switzerland in 2019 was solemn. Mourners wore black; flowers were laid; a priest spoke. It was a symbolic moment: Pizol ...

Northwest Montana’s glaciers are still melting, albeit slower than scientists previously predicted. Models produced by climate scientists in the 2000s suggested that the masses of ice that gave ...

As Trump pulls back from regulations on climate change, many scientists remain worried about the warming of the oceans, melting glaciers and sea level rise. Science correspondent Miles O'Brien has ...

New research reveals when glaciers around the world will vanish and why every fraction of a degree of warming could decide their fate. A major new international study led by ETH Zurich has, for the ...

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 ...

While many of the world's glaciers are in rapid retreat, scientists have been baffled to find 3,100 that are 'surging'. While this might sound like a good thing, the experts warn that it could be even ...

Harold Lovell receives funding from NERC. Chris Stokes receives funding from the NERC. Durham University provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation UK. University of Portsmouth ...