A groundbreaking new study provides the first consistent global picture of glacier decline since 2000, revealing that glaciers across the world have lost a whopping 5% of their volume since then.

Researchers present a global assessment of ice loss since the beginning of the millennium. In a global comparison, the glaciers in the Alps and Pyrenees are melting the fastest.

An analysis of more than 270,000 glaciers worldwide has found that they lost more than 7 trillion tonnes of ice since 2000, ...

Glaciers are huge white ice masses that can reflect a lot of sunlight. However, especially where the glaciers are not covered ...

The world's glaciers are melting faster than ever recorded under the impact of climate change, according to the most ...

A fleet of satellites has been used to monitor glaciers worldwide using optical, radar, laser and gravity measurements. From top: CryoSat, Terra, ICESat, and the twin GRACE spacecraft, above a map of ...

Gabrielle Kleber and Leonard Magerl, postdoctoral researchers at iC3, have discovered that Arctic glaciers are leaking ...

The Alps and Pyrénées are among the hardest-hit areas, having shed around 40% of their mass in 20 years, according to a study published in Nature on Wednesday.

Ice loss from the world's glaciers has accelerated over the past decade, scientists said on Wednesday, warning that melting ...

Pigmented algae are well adapted to grow on exposed ice in the Arctic as the snowline recedes, raising concerns of a feedback ...