It's difficult to forget standing in front of a glacier that is advancing toward you, towering ice pillars constantly ...

Glaciers are awe-inspiring geological formations that have defined landscapes all over the world, including Colorado. A glacier is formed when snow accumulates for many years until thick ice is formed ...

Glaciers around the world are melting at an alarming rate, and are leaving massive pools of water in their wake. The meltwater fills the depression left behind by the glacier, forming what's known as ...

Which is the largest glacier in the Himalayas? Learn why the Siachen Glacier holds this title, along with its location, size, strategic importance, climatic role, environmental impact and interesting ...

Mapping glaciers was once a difficult and arduous job. So was monitoring volcanoes for the grumblings and rumblings that might herald an eruption. In recent decades, the old methods of hiking boots ...

Earth's 275,000 glaciers currently store around 70 per cent of the world's freshwater and are relied on by almost two billion people. But to mark World Glacier Day on Friday, scientists now warn that ...

ISLAMABAD (ANI) – The illegal cutting and commercial exploitation of glaciers in regions like Dir, Chitral, Swat, Shangla, Kaghan, Naran, and other parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa poses a grave threat to ...

Simply put, glaciers form when the snow cover from one winter does not melt before the next winter's snow arrives. This causes layering of each year's snow on top of all the previous years' snow. Over ...

As glaciers around the world melt at unprecedented rates, tourism in these icy landscapes is booming, adding pressure to ...

Glaciers around the world are melting at an alarming rate, and are leaving massive pools of water in their wake. The meltwater fills the depression left behind by the glacier, forming what’s known as ...