(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Water from the melting ice often drains into depressions once occupied by the glacier, ...

(Reuters) -A landslide in north Indian mountains destroyed several buildings on Thursday, the latest in a string of disasters in the Himalayas that have killed scores of people. No one was hurt in ...

Layers of snowpack melted rapidly in Colorado in April, which could lead to less water supply in the summer and higher wildfire potential, according to data from the National Integrated Drought ...

If you haven’t hiked across a glacier yet, you might want to get booted up sometime soon. The world’s high-mountain glaciers are melting faster than scientists previously thought; since 2015, they ...

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While the most significant chunk of the storm may be behind us, the aftermath has just begun for mountain communities bracing for mudslides and flooding. "There is a river flowing right down the ...

KODAK, Tenn. (WATE) — The Colquitt Foundation gave $750,000 to the Friends of the Smokies nonprofit to help with Hurricane Helene recovery in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The money will go ...

In mountain ranges around the world, glaciers are melting as global temperatures rise. Europe’s Alps and Pyrenees lost 40% of their glacier volume from 2000 to 2023. These and other icy regions have ...