More than 1,300 missing in Nepal and Tibet after floods caused by a glacier collapse
DEVIGHAT, Nepal (AP) — Rescue teams searched on Thursday for hundreds of missing people along the Nepal-China border…
Ancient Life Discovered in Antarctica’s ‘Blood Falls’ May Finally Reveal Its Origins
At the edge of the Taylor Glacier in the McMurdo Dry Valleys of Antarctica, crimson water pours into…
How a Melting Glacier in Antarctica Could Affect Tens of Millions Around the Globe
Scientists spent the first weeks of the year on an expedition to Antarctica to study Thwaites Glacier, which…
A tour bus plunges into Russia’s frozen Lake Baikal, killing 8
MOSCOW (AP) — A tour bus carrying Chinese tourists plunged through the ice on Russia’s Lake Baikal, killing…
Greenland’s Freaky Ice Plumes May Be Fueled by Wild, Pasta-Like Churning
Massive structures of slow, swirling, plume-like patterns were found hidden deep inside Greenland’s ice sheet years ago, but…
Scientists Tried Drilling Into Antarctica’s ‘Doomsday Glacier,’ But the Ice Had Other Plans
One of Earth’s most dangerous glaciers has claimed a victim: a suite of instruments that became trapped deep…
Satellites Capture the Hidden World Beneath Antarctica’s Ice
The majority of Antarctica is covered in a thick sheet of ice, but what lies beneath its frozen…
Hundreds of Earthquakes Are Rocking One of Earth’s Most Dangerous Glaciers
Antarctica’s Thwaites Glacier, aptly nicknamed the Doomsday Glacier, is a ticking time bomb. The rapidly melting body of…
Scientists Went Looking for Shackleton’s Endurance. They found a Hidden Fish City in Perfect Formation Instead
While tracing the footsteps of polar explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton and his ill-fated Endurance ship, researchers discovered hundreds…
Italy’s Ventina glacier has melted so much geologists now can only monitor it remotely
By SILVIA STELLACCI with AP Published on 19/08/2025 – 10:10 GMT+2 ADVERTISEMENT Italy’s Ventina glacier, one of the biggest in northern…