By systematically assessing data gathered by different methods, researchers refined estimates of global glacier melt and its ...

In 2024, the warmest year on record in Europe according to the EU's Copernicus system, Swedish and Norwegian glaciers melted ...

The past year was catastrophic for Swiss glaciers. According to glaciologists, the country's glaciers shrank by more than 6%, surpassing the previous record set in 2003. An overview with graphics.

Glaciers in central Europe also lost a whopping 39 percent of their ice compared to 2000 levels, with scientists now worrying that many of the Alps' glaciers could eventually disappear altogether.

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 ...

A team of dozens spent weeks in the Rwenzori Mountains capturing drone photography, GPS coordinates, and ground-penetrating ...

"This year we have been experiencing an extraordinary hot and dry summer in the Alps and elsewhere in Europe. For Swiss glaciers (as well as Tsanfleuron and Scex Rouge), we will measure the most ...

which halted air traffic across Europe. The ash coats the ice for as far as I can see, adding to the glacier's problems by absorbing heat and exacerbating the speed at which it is melting.

The tangible effects of global warming are already evident around the world, contributing to droughts that fueled forest fires in southern Europe and ... spots,” where glaciers flow into the ...

The 9,000 gigatons of ice lost from glaciers since 1975 are roughly equivalent ... ago Major stock indexes bounced in Asia on Monday and Europe looked set to follow after the White House exempted ...