As the glaciers of South America retreat, the supply of freshwater is dwindling and its quality is getting worse.

Glaciers have survived through a delicate balance of gain and loss. A new study shows just how much the scale has tipped.

Glaciers around the world are shrinking at an alarming rate, threatening sea-level rise, water availability, biodiversity, ...

Warming-caused glacier retreat is a source of “water scarcity, affecting agriculture, hydroelectric power generation and ...

Thawing ice, from the high peaks to the poles, is producing extraordinarily expensive floods, infrastructure damage and ...

This flow is a slow and continuous movement driven by several factors, including ice deformation, glacier creep, and melting at the base, reducing friction and allowing the glacier to slide over ...