Mount Everest’s towering height isn’t shaped by tectonic forces alone. Its continued growth owes a quiet debt to nearby ...

Many global leaders still dismiss climate change as a hoax, believing glacier melt is a natural process unrelated to human ...

An earth scientist explains the impact that ice loss can have on the stability of the surrounding mountain slopes and glacial lakes.

The DuPage County Board honored Lucy Westlake as part of a proclamation for Women’s History Month. The board commemorated the ...

Arctic sea ice had its weakest winter buildup since record-keeping began 47 years ago. Scientists say it's a symptom of ...

Glacial lakes in the Himalayas are expanding at an alarming rate, increasing the risk of catastrophic floods for nearby ...

Mount Spurr has shown increasing signs of activity. These are now at a level where an eruption is plausible. Nothing is ever guaranteed with Alaskan volcanoes: they can always ...

2025 has been declared the International Year of Glacier Preservation (IYGP), and March 21 is celebrated as World Day for ...

Professor Duncan Quincey will lead an expedition to Mount Everest, where the scientists will be camping on ice in nighttime ...

"Vanishing into thin air." Scientists alarmed by 'new normal' observed on slopes of Mount Everest: 'This is a wake-up call' first appeared on The Cool Down.

A team of researchers from Aberystwyth and Leeds universities are making final preparations for a trip to Mount Everest in ...