World Glacier Day: Trekking the blue ice of Perito Moreno in Argentina
Friday, March 21 marks the inaugural World Glacier Day, an international observance established by the United Nations to ...
Swiss scientists hope to save biggest glacier in the Alps even as ice loss accelerates
The biggest glacier in the Alps could yet be partially saved if global warming is capped below two degrees Celsius, Swiss ...
MIT Technology Review10h
Inside a new quest to save the “doomsday glacier”
Arête Glacier Initiative has raised $5 million to improve sea-level rise forecasts and explore the possibility of refreezing ...
Scientists reveal a hidden world beneath Antarctica's ice where rivers flow uphill
Unseen mountains, valleys, lakes, and rivers lie under Antarctica’s mile-thick ice sheet. Changes to those hidden rivers could have dramatic global consequences.
The UN has declared 2025 as the year of glacier preservation. Here's how to visit one safely
With glaciers disappearing at an alarming rate, 2025 has been named the Year of International Glacier Preservation. Here's ...
UNESCO World Heritage Centre17h
International Year of Glaciers’ Preservation 2025: Safeguarding Our Ice Heritage
Today marks the first-ever International Day of Glaciers' Preservation, designated by the United Nations within the framework ...
In US Northwest, South Cascade is where glacier science grew up
For nearly 70 years scientists have been probing, measuring, drilling and generally getting to know South Cascade Glacier in ...