The survival of humanity depends on the "water towers of the world." These are Earth's water reservoirs, but for how much ...

The natural disaster shows a volatile combination of climate change effects, fragile natural environments and human development.

Scientists say greenhouse gases from the burning of fossil fuels such as coal have already locked in enough global warming to ...

Even if warming stops at 1.2 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels, the average warming over roughly the last decade, glaciers are on track to lose significant volumes of ice within a millennium, ...

Dramatic drone footage shows the moment the glacier collapsed. The collapse highlights the growing risks of climate ...

See All Key Ideas Earth’s frozen places — ice sheets, glaciers and permafrost — are melting: A clear sign of climate change and a planet quickly exiting the stable state that gave rise to ...

Faster ice melting could then lead to further weakening ... reducing the ocean’s ability to regulate climate change by absorbing excess heat and carbon in the atmosphere. While our findings ...

At more than 20km long, Aletsch Glacier is the biggest in the European Alps. But its front has retreated by around 3.2km (2 miles) since 1900, including more than 1km since 2000. The world's ...

Climate change is accelerating the melting of ice in Greenland at an alarming rate, with serious implications not only for the Arctic, but also for the global climate, including Europe.

In yet another unprecedented effect of climate change, scientists find that the melting polar ice caps have caused the earth to spin slower. This can lead to minuscule changes in the actual ...