Italian scientists who keep track of how our warming planet impacts the country's glaciers made a sobering discovery: Rising temperatures could cause Italy's iconic Marmolada glacier to vanish by 2040 ...

Switzerland’s famed glaciers are increasingly resembling Swiss cheese, riddled with holes, as climate change visibly impacts these vital natural formations. Matthias Huss of the glacier monitoring ...

Aug. 22 (UPI) --Argentina's iconic Perito Moreno glacier, one of Patagonia's top tourist attractions, is entering a phase of rapid retreat that experts say is irreversible. For decades, the massive ...

An expedition earlier this year to the Pamir Mountains in Tajikistan retrieved two ice cores from a glacier that seems to be ...

What was once considered the most stable glacier in the Patagonia region is experiencing ice loss at rates far greater than previously thought, according to new research. The Perito Moreno Glacier in ...

PERITO MORENO GLACIER, Argentina — The deep cracking sound bursting from within the ice signals the dramatic fall about to happen. Seconds later, a block of ice some 70 meters (230 ft) tall – the size ...

Getting to see a glacier on a climb is a humbling — and increasingly rare — encounter with overwhelming beauty. Glaciers carry tens of thousands of years of compacted snow and ice, creating a ...

The world’s glaciers are in dire health with almost 40% of their total mass already doomed, even if global temperatures stopped rising immediately, a new study has found. Researchers estimate glaciers ...

A snowboarder who took a wrong turn over the edge of a famous glacier in Colorado and plummeted roughly 100 feet was rescued after spending more than three hours stranded on Monday. The unidentified ...