Glaciers in Arunachal Pradesh retreated at a rate of 16.94 square kilometres per year between 1988 and 2020. Making an inventory of glaciers is useful for studying their changes over time, say experts ...

An international team of researchers has made an ominous discovery: our planet's glaciers are melting at even more alarming rates than previously predicted, in large part due to human-driven ...

Glaciers in the Alps and around the world are retreating faster and faster. The consequences of melting glaciers are being felt not only in Switzerland, but all over the planet. The UN ...

These waterways bring water to the farming areas in the south. Millions of people in the region need that water. Glaciers need to have sufficient snow each year to bring water to people living there.” ...

A groundbreaking study reveals the world’s glaciers are melting at a record pace, losing trillions of tons of ice and significantly accelerating the climate crisis Climate change is accelerating the ...

In a global comparison, the glaciers in the Alps and Pyrenees are melting the fastest. International researchers with the participation of TU Graz present a global assessment of ice loss since the ...

The volume of ice lost from glaciers during the study period caused global sea levels to rise by 0.7 inches (18 millimeters), the researchers noted, which is 0.1 inches (2.5 mm) more than the ...

Researchers concluded that the world’s glaciers have lost about 5% of their ice since 2000 – and that they’re melting faster than ever. But Alaska takes the cake. The report says the state ...

Glaciers serve as the largest reservoirs of frozen freshwater on Earth. They primarily form when massive ice sheets from the Arctic and Antarctic break into smaller sections. Additionally ...

HUARAZ, Peru (Reuters) - In the high Andes of northern Peru, the morning sun rises over glaciers in the Cordillera Blanca mountains that loom above the city of Huaraz, an awe-inspiring sight ...

Climate Change Is Shrinking Glaciers Faster Than Ever, With 7 Trillion Tons Lost Since 2000 Climate change is accelerating the melting of the world's mountain glaciers, according to a massive new ...

Melting glaciers are driving sea levels to rise at ever faster rates, a major new study has warned. An international team of scientists says Earth's glaciers are vanishing so fast they now release ...