STORY: With glaciers around the globe disappearing faster than ever, Swiss scientists say this one in the Alps could be partially saved. Though only if global warming is capped below two degrees ...

Climate crisis forecast to wipe out thousands of glaciers a year globally, threatening water supplies and cultural heritage ...

The Alps will experience 'peak glacier extinction' in just eight years – with thousands of glaciers lost forever, an ominous study has predicted. Using state–of–the–art models, researchers calculated ...

Looking at the number of glaciers disappearing, scientists say the Alps could reach their peak loss rate as early as 2033 to 2041. Depending on how sharply the planet warms, the period may mark a time ...

VIENNA, Austria — Glaciers will all but disappear from the Alps by 2050, scientists warned Monday, basing their bleak outlook on mounting evidence of slow but steady melting of the continental ice ...

British startup Earthwave and a group of European scientists have used satellite data to map out glacial melt across the globe — and the results are alarming. The team discovered that the European ...

A vast section of a glacier broke apart in the Swiss Alps on Wednesday, setting off a landslide of ice, mud and rocks that caused widespread damage to a small village, nine days after its 300 ...

In 1779, Englishman Charles Blair built the first primitive shelter for hikers to view France’s Mer de Glace glacier, in the shadow of the Alps' tallest peak, Mont Blanc. The simple stone hut, rebuilt ...

MORTERATSCH GLACIER, Switzerland (Reuters) - From the way 45-year-old Swiss glaciologist Andreas Linsbauer bounds over icy crevasses, you would never guess he was carrying 10 kg of steel equipment ...