#Glaciers

Glaciers are often thought of as unyielding blocks of ice that slowly carve out the landscape as they move downhill by gravity. But sometimes their slow crawl becomes a surge that sees them move orders of magnitude faster than their usual speed.

Globally, glaciers are often lumped into one narrative of loss. These three stories show how they can still surprise us.

An ice avalanche triggered by the collapse of a hanging glacier above Badrinath could damage nearly 398 buildings, 2.66 km of roads, and two bridges, says a new study.…

A GLOF at Bhutan’s Shintaphu Lake has triggered flood alerts in Assam and West Bengal. Here is how glacial lake outburst floods occur and why the Himalayas are vulnerable.

The sight of an icy skull-like visage on the Antarctic island could make one’s blood run cold.

A new modelling study funded by the DRDO assessed the vulnerability of three hanging glaciers above Badrinath and the risk they pose to the pilgrimage town.

The first comprehensive inventory of the area and volume of western glaciers from Portland State University found 300 have disappeared since the mid-20th century. Six western states, including Oregon, have […]

Antarctica's glaciers were changing long before satellites, weather stations or cameras captured their transformations, and they left behind clues.…

Italian army removes and defuses 250 explosives encased in ice for more than 100 years after hikers’ sightings

Switzerland’s glaciers are disappearing at an alarming rate, losing more than 5% of their ice volume in 2026 alone. Some of the country’s most famous glaciers experienced their worst melting on record, while several smaller glaciers vanished completely.…

In mountain regions from the Andes to the Himalayas, Indigenous people see the retreat of glaciers as a sign that they have lost the favor of their gods or ancestors. Read more on E360 →

After her Oscar-nominated documentary, Dosa returned to Sundance (and now theaters) with another compelling film set in Iceland about a family's obsession with glaciers. She tells IndieWire how she found another remarkable true story.

Until recently, the Pamir mountains in central Asia have bucked the global melting trend, but in 2025, the region’s glaciers experienced a massive loss of ice due to extreme heat

Climate change is making landslides and tsunamis more likely in fjord regions such as Alaska's Tracy Arm.

Mars has lots of glaciers located along its mid-latitudes. We’ve known this for years thanks to the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter’s (MRO’s) SHARAD sounder.…

Scientists relied on satellite data to understand how the Antarctic glacier lost so much ice so rapidly.

From Reddit - r/climate: When The ‘Eternity Glaciers’ Disappear | A race to map Papua’s tropical ice before it’s gone forever.

A hidden threat is emerging in the world’s glaciers: while most are shrinking, a rare group known as “surging glaciers” can suddenly accelerate, unleashing powerful and sometimes destructive events.…

Glacier ice contains valuable information about the climates of the past. Researchers are scrambling to study it before it's too late.