Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A sweeping global study reveals that glaciers’ ability to stay cooler than the surrounding air is fading. (CREDIT: Thomas Shaw | ...

MORTERATSCH, Switzerland — Almost 7,000 feet above sea level, the trail leading up to Morteratsch Glacier gets a little longer every year. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ...

GENEVA — Switzerland’s glaciers have faced “enormous” melting this year with a 3% drop in total volume — the fourth-largest annual drop on record — due to the effects of global warming, top Swiss ...

A hidden threat is emerging in the world’s glaciers: while most are shrinking, a rare group known as “surging glaciers” can ...

A recent study reveals the alarming rate at which glaciers are disappearing worldwide, reinforcing the urgency of the UN's International Year of Glaciers' Preservation. WBZ-TV's Jacob Wycoff reports.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The hike was unlike anything Brett Storoe had ever done. The Naperville native was used to hiking on flat terrain in Illinois with ...

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.

In the Wasatch mountains near Salt Lake City, Utah, a popular hiking trail winds up through aspen and spruce trees to reach White Pine Lake. Scott Hotaling is marching up this familiar path, but ...

The Rocky Mountains hold some of North America's most spectacular glaciers, but these frozen giants are vanishing at an alarming pace. What was once permanent ice stretching across towering peaks now ...