Glaciers could reach peak rates of disappearing in the coming decades due to global warming, according to new research.

Thousands of glaciers have vanished over the past few decades and as the world continues to heat up, they are expected to disappear at an increasing pace. New research gives a glimpse of just how quic ...

Iceland's Vatnajökull Glacier is one of the most beautiful — and geologically important — places in the country. Glaciers are some of Earth's most ethereal — and mighty — natural phenomenons. But few ...

The Marmolada is the highest peak in Italy’s northeastern mountain range and is known as the ‘Queen of the Dolomites’. Its spectacular glacier - the largest in the Dolomites - is a haven for skiers in ...

A new tour from the Icelandic tour operator Arctic Adventures offers a way for visitors to get up close and personal with Vatnajökull, Europe's largest glacier. In the southeast corner of Iceland, ...

JUNGFRAUJOCH, Switzerland (Reuters) - The biggest glacier in the Alps could yet be partially saved if global warming is capped below two degrees Celsius, Swiss scientists said on Friday, although ...

Glaciers are melting worldwide. In some regions, they could even disappear completely. Looking at the number of glaciers ...

Hello and welcome to the real life Fortress of Solitude. This unbelievably beautiful cavern is inside Vatnajökull, Iceland’s biggest glacier, captured by photographer Kate Friend, who took a stunning ...

The arctic island is the largest land ice contributor to rising sea levels. Greenland is known as the largest contributor to rising sea levels but a new study explores how the island's glaciers could ...

Northeast Greenland is home to the 79 N Glacier -- the country's largest floating glacier tongue, but also one seriously threatened by global warming: warm water from the Atlantic is melting it from ...