Glaciers are some of the most powerful natural features on Earth, but climate change is causing them to melt at an alarming ...

"The balance ... becomes sort of skewed." Scientists make concerning discovery after studying changes in Earth's glaciers: ...

We have a chance now to not only batten down the hatches but save millions from being swept away by flooding – but we must ...

The natural disaster shows a volatile combination of climate change effects, fragile natural environments and human ...

Villagers in Blatten, Switzerland, were evacuated earlier this month after authorities warned a nearby glacier was on the ...

On Wednesday, a landslide from the mountain side of Birch Glacier -- located in the Lötschental valley in northern ...

Study reveals low-level wind jets reaching 32 m/s in Antarctica's Amundsen Sea region accelerate Thwaites and Pine Island glacier melting.

Scientists say greenhouse gases from the burning of fossil fuels such as coal have already locked in enough global warming to ...

New projections show that temporarily overshooting this limit—even up to 3°C—would lock in severe and irreversible glacier ...

The Birch Glacier above the village of Blatten collapsed and caused a landslide that has buried most of the village.

A cascade of events in the Swiss Alps led to the dramatic collapse of the Birch glacier, wiping out Blatten village in the ...

Permafrost is often called the glue that holds the mountains together. When it thaws, the mountains crumble, and they start ...