It's unclear what caused the deadly break, but scientists are predicting more. Warming temperatures across the globe are changing landscapes and threatening local cities and communities. A devastating ...

High in the Himalayas, glacial lakes and bodies of water are growing, and the landscape is responding in dangerous ways. As meltwater carves new lakes into the mountains, scientists are concerned ...

Glaciers are one of the largest reservoirs of freshwater on our planet, and their melting or growing is one of the best indicators of climate change. However, knowledge of glacier change has been ...

Scientists have uncovered that glaciers can temporarily cool the air around them, delaying some effects of global warming.

NEW DELHI (AP) — When Ravi Chopra saw the devastating deluge of water and debris crash downstream from a Himalayan glacier on Sunday, his first thought was that this was exactly the scenario that his ...

Arunabh SAIKIA AFP Aug 7, 2025 52 mins ago 0 Experts said the deadly flood that swept away an Indian Himalayan town was likely caused by a rapidly melting glacier fuelled by the effects of climate ...

Himalayan Glaciers fight back to preserve themselves, but for how long? An international team of researchers explains a stunning phenomenon: rising global temperatures have led Himalayan glaciers to ...

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The winter of 2004-2005 delivered heavy snowfall throughout Asia’s Himalaya Mountains, and regional glaciers are at or beyond their customary reach, according to the March 13 issue of Insurance Digest ...

Confidence melting away: doubts grow in climate change debate. Jan. 28, 2010 — -- The Siachen Glacier is home to the world's highest crisis region. Here, at 6,000 meters (19,680 feet) above sea ...

A massive search-and-rescue operation was underway Sunday in northern India for at least 140 people missing after part of a Himalayan glacier broke off, triggering an avalanche of rock, mud, water and ...

Sustained glacier melt in the Himalayas has gradually spawned more than 5,000 glacier lakes that are dammed by potentially unstable moraines. When such dams break, glacier lake outburst floods (GLOFs) ...