Between May and September this year, avalanches, landslides and flashfloods tore through mountain communities in Switzerland, ...

That's the sound of water seeping from a sunbaked and slushy Swiss glacier that geoscientists are monitoring for signs of continued retreat by the majestic masses of ice under the heat of global ...

The research is an excellent reminder that this isn't just a problem for the Arctic. Scientists sound alarm over rapidly ...

The Andes mountain range, stretching over 8,900 kilometers along South America's western edge, serves as the continent's ...

Europe is the world's fastest warming continent. Temperatures there are increasing at twice the average global rate. Nowhere is this more visually striking than in the Swiss Alps, where glaciers have ...

RHÔNE GLACIER, Switzerland — On a hotel veranda overlooking Lake Lucerne, Barbara Achrainer sips a latte and, with a sigh, peers at sightseers boarding a tour boat. It's a warm summer afternoon and ...

If you’ve ever looked at a world map and thought it was set in stone, think again. Glaciers around the globe are melting at an alarming rate, and it’s not just causing sea levels to rise—it’s actually ...

(AP) - Glaciers are melting faster, losing 31% more snow and ice per year than they did 15 years earlier, according to three-dimensional satellite measurements of all the world’s mountain glaciers.

A new study reveals that the ability of glaciers to cool nearby air will peak in 2030 and then rapidly disappear, ...