Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A sweeping global study reveals that glaciers’ ability to stay cooler than the surrounding air is fading. (CREDIT: Thomas Shaw | ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If you’ve ever looked at a world map and thought it was set in stone, think again. Glaciers around the globe are melting at an ...

Temperatures in Europe are increasing at twice the average global rate. As glaciers in the Swiss Alps disappear, Europe's biggest rivers are losing a crucial source of their summer water flow. Europe ...

RHÔNE GLACIER, Switzerland — On a hotel veranda overlooking Lake Lucerne, Barbara Achrainer sips a latte and, with a sigh, peers at sightseers boarding a tour boat. It's a warm summer afternoon and ...

A powerful swarm of earthquakes in January suggested one of Iceland’s giant “ice volcanoes” may be awakening after a decade of slumber. In the months that followed, more earthquakes have rocked the ...

High in the mountains, glaciers once kept their cool—literally. The massive ice bodies create their own cold microclimates that retard melting even as the rest of the planet warms. But an exhaustive ...

If you’ve ever looked at a world map and thought it was set in stone, think again. Glaciers around the globe are melting at an alarming rate, and it’s not just causing sea levels to rise—it’s actually ...