Venezuela just lost its last glacier, making it likely the first country to wave goodbye to these icy wonders in modern times, according to The Guardian. As the Earth continues to overheat due to ...

The unstable new coastline poses safety risks for the tourists that flock to coastal glacial areas for their beauty and ...

But to mark World Glacier Day on Friday ... In the most deadly example, in 1941 a wave caused by an avalanche that fell into Laguna Palcacocha, a glacial lake in the Peruvian Andes, broke the ...

A view of the Yangtze River's primary source, the Jangchu Diruk Glacier, in the Amdo section of the Three-River-Source National Park. [Photo by Palden Nyima/chinadaily.com.cn] The glacier area in ...

China’s glacier area has shrunk by 26% since 1960 due to rapid global warming, with 7,000 small glaciers disappearing completely and glacial retreat intensifying in recent years, official data ...

Two hundred years ago, the area was covered by a glacier more than 4,000 feet thick that extended more than 100 miles to the St. Elias Mountain Range. By the 20th century, it had drawn back 65 miles ...

EL CALAFATE, Argentina (AP) — A creak, a thunderous roar, and then the plunge: Argentina’s Perito Moreno Glacier calves several times a day, as hundreds of visitors strain to see which side it ...