Over half of the world’s glaciers could vanish by 2100, impacting sea levels, water supplies, and climate stability.

Scientists from ETH Zurich in Switzerland and Vrije Universiteit Brussel in Belgium have predicted glacier loss under ...

As the glaciers of South America retreat, the supply of freshwater is dwindling and its quality is getting worse. Dark red pools of meltwater from acid rock drainage on Pastoruri peak in the ...

Scientists from ETH Zurich in Switzerland and Vrije Universiteit Brussel in Belgium warn that more than half of the world's ...

Less attention, however, is paid to the risk of worsening water quality in glacier-fed basins in the Andes. As glaciers melt, they expose long hidden sediments to the elements, producing acidic ...

In Germany’s Blätterhöhle cave, students and archaeologists uncovered a 9,000-year-old fireplace and prehistoric weapons, ...

Meltwaters are most acidified, and most laden with heavy metals, in the high Andes, where the glaciers are actively melting. Indigenous villages at these elevations are the most vulnerable, and, being ...

More information: Harry Zekollari et al, Twenty-first century global glacier evolution under CMIP6 scenarios and the role of glacier-specific observations, The Cryosphere (2024). DOI: 10.5194/tc ...

O n November 2, Swiss hiker Sergio Veri discovered a mysterious bamboo cart while hiking through the Splügen Pass in the ...