Changri Nup Glacier, one of the hundreds studied by the researchers. Much of it is covered by rocky debris. The peak of Mt. Everest is in the background at left. Photograph courtesy Josh Maurer ...

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New research has, for the first time, tracked ice shelf, sea ice and ocean swell wave conditions over multiple years in the lead-up to three large-scale iceberg "calving" events in Antarctica, ...

Actress Liu Tao, an active advocate for climate change awareness, shared her experiences visiting glaciers in the Xizang autonomous region. Liu also read an emotional essay written by a high school ...

A Himalayan village in Nepal has vanished — emptied by climate change. Samjung, perched in the high-altitude Upper Mustang ...

A review of data showed that the Birch Glacier was a rarity in that it has been advancing while most glaciers have been ...

From roads that melt in summer heat to power plants shutting down for lack of water, and telecom networks buckling under ...

Rising temperatures and intense human activity are destabilising the icy terrain, risking the lives of climbers and sherpas.

Last month, a Swiss village was buried when the mountain above ‘exploded’. The impact of climate change is no longer ...

Climate change appears to be making some of Switzerland's vaunted glaciers look like Swiss cheese: full of holes.

Due to the impacts of climate change, the country saw more frequent extreme high-temperature and heavy precipitation events ...

In the past century, scientists have observed more rockfalls and avalanches in the Alps, a looming threat to nearby villages.