What was once considered the most stable glacier in the Patagonia region is experiencing ice loss at rates far greater than ...

A British researcher's remains were discovered in a melting Antarctic glacier after he died in an accident in 1959.

It was a shocking scene captured on video: a torrent of water, mud and rock slamming into the Himalayan village of ...

Switzerland spends almost $500m a year on protective structures. Is it worth it - or, as some suggest, should people move ...

Glaciar Perito Moreno was once considered a rarity: one of Patagonia's only stable glaciers. But scientists have found the ...

After the recent collapse of the glacier in Blatten, experts are becoming even more suspicious than ever of the threat.

The breaking off of large chunks of ice from glaciers accelerates the melting of the Arctic ice sheet in Greenland. This has been measured for the first time by a research team using fibre optics.

The Greenland ice sheet is melting at an increasing rate, a process accelerated by glacier calving, in which huge chunks of ...

Warning signs of the landslide which wiped out the village of Blatten in Valais were visible from space years before the disaster, according to Europ ...

Active in landslide-hit Blatten since June 27, the Swiss army will be leaving the area on Monday evening. Most of the debris ...