Glaciers around the world are shrinking at a pace scientists say will continue for decades. Public attention often focuses on rising seas and water shortages. Another part of the story has received ...

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 | ...

Argentina approved mining in glacier regions, raising concerns over water security as demand for lithium and minerals grows.

A red stain in Antarctica turns out to be a pressure signal, exposing active water movement beneath one of Earth’s coldest ...

For decades, Antarctica was often described as a frozen giant, slow to change and largely insulated from rapid climate swings. But new continent-wide satellite records tell a more complicated story.

The cloudy, sediment-laden meltwater from glaciers is a key source of nutrients for ocean life, but a new study suggests that as climate change causes many glaciers to shrink and retreat their ...

Warming and heat waves are extending Alaska’s glacier melt season, adding weeks of melting and accelerating ice loss, new research shows.

VIENNA (AP) — All but two of Austria’s 96 glaciers have retreated over the last two years, monitors in the Alpine country reported Friday, saying the “dramatic development” highlights the impact of ...

Twila Moon is pictured during field work to study ice-ocean interaction at the LeConte Glacier, Alaska. Credit: Twila Moon/NSIDC Twila Moon is pictured during field work to study ice-ocean interaction ...

The Fund for Science and Technology, a new private foundation, granted Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego $15 million for ocean science Tuesday. FFST, funded by the estate of the late ...

Tara Carolin’s career in Glacier National Park was one of service to science and discovery. Carolin recently retired as the director of the Crown of the Continent Research and Learning Center in ...