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glaciers

Sparse trees seen near Orizaba Peak in Mexico
Climate Change
As Mexico’s last glaciers melt, communities that depend on mountain springs scramble to find solutions
Underland cave light
Books
A new book explores ‘Underland,’ the deep, dark areas below the Earth
A research team crossing an ice plateau in the Indian Himalayas faced risks of hidden crevasses, storms, avalanches and earthquakes.
Science
Climate change research can be risky. But not doing it is even riskier.
Glacier National Bjorn Beer
Lifestyle
A writer moves to Montana to hike, ski, and to watch the glaciers disappear
Glacier in Antarctica
Environment
Don’t let Antarctica’s size fool you. It’s melting fast.
Dark rock above the Helheim glacier in southeastern Greenland marks its former level, before a sudden and dramatic retreat of hit many Greenland glaciers a decade ago. Scientists working on the Helheim and the fjord it drains into are looking for clues to
Environment
In Greenland, a climate change mystery with clues written in water and stone
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Environment
Lima taps ancient Andean canals to help fight its water shortage
A calving glacier off Greenland
Environment
A seven-year-old photo captures the thunderous changes in Arctic glacier melt
Arts, Culture & Media
Extreme Ice: A new NOVA film on glacial melting