In an era of dwindling glaciers, Southern Patagonia has managed to hold on to a surprising amount of its ice. But, a new ...

Glaciers around the world are shrinking at an alarming rate, threatening sea-level rise, water availability, biodiversity, ...

Komal’s morning view was of jagged, forbidding mountains, the rush of the river dozens of metres below the family home on the ...

As glaciers in Pakistan-administered Gilgit Baltistan melt at an alarming rate, we see the real-life consequences for people ...

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Sunday launched a new regional program, Glaciers to Farms, that will promote sustainable ...

Over half of the world’s glaciers could vanish by 2100, impacting sea levels, water supplies, and climate stability.

As the glaciers of South America retreat, the supply of freshwater is dwindling and its quality is getting worse. Dark red pools of meltwater from acid rock drainage on Pastoruri peak in the ...

Meltwaters are most acidified, and most laden with heavy metals, in the high Andes, where the glaciers are actively melting. Indigenous villages at these elevations are the most vulnerable, and, being ...

Less attention, however, is paid to the risk of worsening water quality in glacier-fed basins in the Andes. As glaciers melt, they expose long hidden sediments to the elements, producing acidic ...

A stunning fossilized world containing remnants of amphibians, skin prints, plants, and seeds was discovered in the melting ...