Bad news in the run-up to World Glacier Day on March 21: an analysis commissioned by Greenpeace has detected microplastics in ...

Nanoplastics -- plastic particles smaller than 1 m -- are widely dispersed because of their low weight. A research team now shows the extent to which glaciers at an altitude of more than 3,000 m in ...

Researchers found nanoplastic contamination in Alpine glaciers, tracing the particles back to ocean waves and urban pollution ...

The GLIMS initiative has created a unique glacier inventory, storing information about the extent and rates of change of all the world's mountain glaciers and ice caps. The GLIMS Glacier Database was ...

Saving the world's shrinking glaciers is a "survival strategy" for the planet, the U.N. said on Tuesday, a day after President Donald Trump announced the U.S. would withdraw from the Paris climate ...

The 28-day Glaciers & Volcanoes: Alaska to Hawaii voyage might just be the best way to experience the two states in a single trip. In fact, even if you've already been to Alaska and Hawaii ...

“Flight Risk,” an action thriller directed by Mel Gibson and starring Mark Wahlberg as a balding, unhinged pilot, landed in first place with $12 million from 3,161 North American theaters in ...

A University of Bristol-led study published in Nature Communications reveals that 91% of Svalbard’s glaciers have significantly shrunk, losing over 800 km² of ice since 1985 due to rapid warming.

UNESCO and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) have officially launched the International Year of Glaciers' Preservation on January 21st, 2025, marking a crucial milestone in global efforts to ...

Soreghan et al. (2023) wrote “… the intent of our paper was to present and integrate a wide variety of data to assess consistency with an upland glacial influence”, i.e., to start with a former ...

On a remote island in the Canadian Arctic, researchers have discovered the remains of an ancient glacier that could be over a million years old. The discovery represents what may be the oldest ...

As glaciers disappear at an alarming rate due to climate change, the UN General Assembly has declared 2025 the International Year of Glaciers’ Preservation (IYGP). Glaciers and ice sheets hold around ...