In northern latitudes and high altitudes, permafrost stays frozen year-round, holding mountain summits together. As global ...

Alaska’s lakes are expanding rapidly as glaciers retreat and scientists say the changes could bring some benefits.

It’s a bit like reading a very dense book – it’s small in size, but it’s full of information.” Paleoclimatologists like Spagnesi typically “read” ice cores from top to bottom, with the surface layer ...

For scientists who study the Southern Ocean, a long-standing silver lining in the gloomy forecast of climate change has been ...

The Indus Waters Treaty withstood several armed conflicts and a huge loss of glaciers. It should serve as a blueprint for ...

It’s not easy to find silver linings amid the rapid, human-driven destabilization of Earth’s climate—though that hasn’t ...

As glaciers around the world continue to shrink and disappear, they are drawing more visitors than ever, not only for their beauty but for what they have come to represent in an era of climate change.

An article published recently in Nature Geoscience warns that Antarctica's ice masses have begun to experience a process scientists call "Greenlandification." The term refers to the unprecedented ...

Team USA skiers Lindsey Vonn and Mikaela Shiffrin, along with Italy's Federica Brignone, are among the many skiers who have expressed concern during these Olympic Games about the accelerating melt of ...

Marybeth Holleman and Naomi Klouda will present ‘Touchstones of Glaciers and Bears: Navigating a Changing Climate’ at Valley Library on March 8.

Himalayan Glaciers: Climate Change, Water Resources, and Water Security makes recommendations and sets guidelines for the future of climate change and water security in the Himalayan Region. Glaciers ...

Climate change has significant yet odd effects on locations around the world. In some cases it affects migration patterns, ...