Warming temperatures are wreaking havoc at elevation, upending the Winter Olympics and the tourism industry and imperiling ...

The glaciers of the Alps are receding, retreating, even collapsing. Why is it happening? What is the impact on those who love ...

STORY: With glaciers around the globe disappearing faster than ever, Swiss scientists say this one in the Alps could be partially saved. Though only if global warming is capped below two degrees ...

The findings, published in the journal Nature Climate Change, reveal that regions with many small glaciers at lower elevations or near the equator are particularly vulnerable – including the Alps, the ...

British startup Earthwave and a group of European scientists have used satellite data to map out glacial melt across the globe — and the results are alarming. The team discovered that the European ...

A vast section of a glacier broke apart in the Swiss Alps on Wednesday, setting off a landslide of ice, mud and rocks that caused widespread damage to a small village, nine days after its 300 ...

Glacier tourism tends to do more harm than good, and when the glaciers are gone, local economies will have to adapt ...

June's heatwave has caused French Alps snow and glaciers to melt faster, causing water shortages at mountain shelters just before the summer tourist hiking season gets into full swing. "Everything has ...

MORTERATSCH GLACIER, Switzerland (Reuters) - From the way 45-year-old Swiss glaciologist Andreas Linsbauer bounds over icy crevasses, you would never guess he was carrying 10 kg of steel equipment ...

Nearly 12.5 miles in length, this glacier is the longest "stream" of ice in the Alps. It originates in the Jungfrau region, bordering Konkordiaplatz, and it is perhaps one of the best places to visit ...