Dehradun: The glaciers of the Hindu Kush Himalayas (HKH), often called the “Water Tower of Asia,” are facing a serious crisis. A new study by the International Centre for Integrated Mountain ...

When Ted Scambos visited the Arapaho Glacier in 2021, it was dramatically smaller compared to when he first saw it nearly 20 years earlier. Scambos, a University of Colorado Boulder senior research ...

Chile’s long-running megadrought has pushed its Andean ice to a breaking point, shrinking glaciers that once buffered cities and farms from dry years and leaving a water deficit that will not quickly ...

Switzerland has lost roughly a quarter of its glacier volume over about a decade, and annual losses are approaching historic highs. Scientists tracking Alpine ice say melt speed keeps increasing, even ...

Shrinking glaciers affect far more than distant ice fields. As large ice masses decline, major ocean circulation systems in the Atlantic can shift, which influences temperature and rainfall patterns ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

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.

Rising global temperatures break glaciers apart and force them to shrink at a pace the world can no longer ignore. On March 21, the United Nations commemorates World Day of Glaciers as the massive ice ...