The biggest glacier in the Alps could yet be partially saved if global warming is capped below two degrees Celsius, Swiss ...

Swiss scientists suggest the Aletsch Glacier, the largest in the Alps, can be partially preserved if global warming is limited to below two degrees Celsius. Despite inevitable ice loss, efforts to ...

World's glacier mass shrank again in 2024, says UN All 19 of the world's glacier regions experienced a net loss of mass in 2024 for the third consecutive year, the United Nations said on Friday, ...

A new study published in the journal "Nature" confirms that Iceland's glaciers alone have lost 8.3 billion tons of ice annually between 2000 and 2023. Globally, glaciers have been shedding 273 ...

At 5 100 meters above sea level, the air around Bolivia's Huayna Potosí glacier is thin, brittle with altitude. The wind moves over the ice in long, deliberate strokes, shaping a landscape caught ...

UNESCO report highlights record glacial mass loss since 1975 Glacial melt accelerates sea level rise, risking floods and water shortages Indigenous African community faces spiritual and practical ...

Almost 300 glaciers have now vanished completely from New Zealand's mountains. As warming temperatures melt glaciers, the ice loss has repercussions for climate and water cycles. This in turn has ...

The 9,000 gigatons of ice lost from glaciers since 1975 are roughly equivalent to "an ice block the size of Germany with the thickness of 25 meters," Michael Zemp, director of the Switzerland ...