Scientists are flocking to Iceland to investigate an increasingly crucial question: Will melting glaciers accelerate and intensify earthquakes and volcanic eruptions? William Brangham reports. In ...

Switzerland's glaciers, which are disproportionately impacted by climate change, have lost a quarter of their volume in the past decade alone, a study warned Wednesday, heightening concerns over ...

Scientists are flocking to Iceland to investigate an increasingly crucial question: Will melting glaciers accelerate and intensify earthquakes and volcanic eruptions? William Brangham reports. PBS ...

Switzerland’s Gries Glacier is disappearing at an alarming pace. Climate change is accelerating ice melt across the country at an unprecedented rate. Matthias Huss, Director of Glacier Monitoring ...

Mountain glaciers are a key feature of various United States national parks, such as Yosemite National Park in California. But as the Earth warms, many of these century-old ice masses are rapidly ...

Scientists have uncovered that glaciers can temporarily cool the air around them, delaying some effects of global warming.

Far-Flung Postcards is a weekly series in which NPR's international team shares moments from their lives and work around the ...

Patagonia’s glaciers have been shrinking faster than ever over the past two decades, and the reasons go far beyond simple warming. New research shows a deeper, long-term shift in the atmosphere is to ...

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 ...

The cloudy, sediment-laden meltwater from glaciers is a key source of nutrients for ocean life, but a new study suggests that ...

On the whole, glaciers melting isn’t good news. They’re natural indicators that point towards an increasing lack of cold temperatures and snow that skiers rely on to partake in their favorite sport.