Glaciers and ice sheets store about 70 percent of the global freshwater. Scientists say the cryosphere—combinations of glaciers, ice, snow and permafrost—is melting faster than any recorded history, ...

"One of the main hazards at Rainier, is it's less explosive, but it has a lot of glaciers on top of it that can melt and form these really large lahars that can move downstream into areas people ...

How does the melting of Antarctica’s glaciers affect Montanans’ daily lives? Land-locked Montanans might assume they would hardly be affected by the melting of a glacier at the bottom of the earth.

Trekking along ancient ice melt streams on glaciers is the new adventure travel trend. These streams, created by the melting ice of the world's most ancient and colossal glaciers, serve as a stark ...

Scientists warn melting glaciers in the Rockies are forming unstable lakes that could lead to dangerous outburst floods. CTV News App Contact Us Newsletters Team Twitter feed ...

250 km2. The number changes over time as the glaciers adapt to the prevailing climate and climate changes. A thinning glacier may split into several small glaciers or melt away completely. Sweden’s ...

In 2008, conservationists began spreading textile sheets over the glacier each summer to prevent melt. The photo shows a worker unhooking sheets during autumn before the first snow. The effort may ...

"The melting glacier is a message to each and every village in the Himalayan region that they will have to move to a better water source one day." Rural communities across the region of Ladakh are ...

"I think it's pretty clear that [the Mount Rainier white-tailed ptarmigan is] imperiled," Greenwald says, citing shrinking glaciers, decreasing snow cover and rising treelines. In his work ...