According to the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), Earth's glaciers have lost over 8,200 gigatonnes of ice since 1976, leading to rising sea levels and water scarcity concerns. Listen to Story ...

Glacial melting can result in nuclear power plant shutdowns, agriculture and water resources being put at risk, and coastal cities being threatened by flooding. Melting of glaciers can trigger ...

Bombay and Roorkee and others has focused on rock glaciers, landforms composed of rocks and ice, which are water reservoirs. From a clutch of 5,807 rock glaciers in the western Himalayan regions ...

Hyderabad: Almost all of India’s glaciers — the ice reservoirs built over tens of thousands of years – in the Himalayas are melting, according to the central government. Acknowledging the ...

AS the global community celebrates World Water Day 2025 on Saturday, with the theme: ‘Water and Climate Change: Preserving Glaciers’, it is critical to examine the significance of glaciers to ...

UNESCO report highlights record glacial mass loss since 1975 Glacial melt accelerates sea level rise, risking floods and water shortages Indigenous African community faces spiritual and practical ...

At 5 100 meters above sea level, the air around Bolivia's Huayna Potosí glacier is thin, brittle with altitude. The wind moves over the ice in long, deliberate strokes, shaping a landscape caught ...

Glaciers—moving masses of ice that are also considered freshwater reservoirs—serve as vital components of Earth's climate and hydrological systems, sustaining ecosystems, agriculture and human ...

With glaciers disappearing at an alarming rate, 2025 has been named the Year of International Glacier Preservation. Here's how and where to see one responsibly before it's too late. On an ...