In a separate effort, engineers at MIT created a device that pulls clean drinking water straight out of dry air — no power required. One study found that making commercial fishing off-limits in ...

Glaciers around the world are vanishing faster than ever before. Last year, all 58 global reference glaciers across five ...

Morteratsch is one of the most studied glaciers in the world, thanks to its accessibility and its dramatic retreat, more than ...

For more than 40 years, glaciologist Mauri Pelto has been measuring shrinking glaciers in Washington State. He's been joined ...

Glaciers across High Mountain Asia are losing more than 22 gigatons of ice per year—the equivalent to nearly 9 million Olympic swimming pools, according to research from the University of Utah and ...

While initial studies and reports indicated that glaciers on Mars were composed mainly of rock and dust, recent planetary ...

Scientists are flocking to Iceland to investigate an increasingly crucial question: Will melting glaciers accelerate and ...

Switzerland spends almost $500m a year on protective structures. Is it worth it - or, as some suggest, should people move ...

Many tropical glaciers in the Andes are expected to disappear in the next few decades. Their meltwater sustains millions of ...

For generations, glaciers in the St. Elias mountain range of Yukon and Alaska have shaped the lives of local First Nations ...

Argentina's iconic Perito Moreno glacier, one of Patagonia's top tourist attractions, is entering a phase of rapid retreat ...