Meltwater is scrambling chemical signals in mountain glaciers, pushing scientists to store fragile ice cores in Antarctica.

High in the mountains, glaciers once kept their cool—literally. The massive ice bodies create their own cold microclimates that retard melting even as the rest of the planet warms. But an exhaustive ...

The condition of the global climate concerning glacial levels and sea levels was not an uncertain field of knowledge. Census after census looked into this, with a recent study finding the average loss ...

The glaciers of the Sierra Nevada, clinging to the slopes of such eminent spots as Yosemite and Kings Canyon, are much older than people thought - with many dating back to at least the Ice Age, ...

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New Lawsuit Claims ‘Catastrophic Impacts’ From Permian Basin Injection Wells Developer Calls GW Ranch in Pecos County, Texas, the ‘Largest Power Project’ in U.S. Decades-Old Rule that Allowed Logging ...

Glaciers are disappearing. So if you've ever wanted to see these frozen giants, now's the time. Not next year. Not someday.