Retired National Park Service geologist Jon Riedel told The News Tribune, "The trends were clear at Mount Rainier: that the ...

Across Europe and around the world, melting glaciers are reshaping landscapes and climate systems. Researchers Elzė ...

In the past century, scientists have observed more rockfalls and avalanches in the Alps, a looming threat to nearby villages.

Such an affected glacier, he said, "is a Swiss cheese that is getting more holes everywhere, and these holes are collapsing — and it’s not good for the glacier.” ...

Then with an assistant, he unfurls a jointed metal pole — similar to the basic glacier-monitoring technology that has existed for decades — and clicks it together to drive it deep down.

RHONE GLACIER, Switzerland (AP) — Climate change appears to be making some of Switzerland’s vaunted glaciers look like Swiss cheese: full of holes. Matthias Huss of the glacier monitoring ...

Since then, the decline has been steady, with 2022 and 2023 the worst of all. Last year was a “bit better,” he said. “Now, ...

One of Switzerland's glaciologists says his teams are noticing a strange phenomenon in the Alpine country's glaciers.

Switzerland's glaciers are melting rapidly due to climate change, causing holes and potential hazards in the landscape.

The Alps and Switzerland — home to the most glaciers in any European country by far — have seen them retreat for about 170 years, but with ups and downs over time until the 1980s, he said. Since then, ...