In May, the village of Blatten in the Swiss Alps was destroyed when a huge chunk of a glacier collapsed, but thanks to careful monitoring, almost all of its residents were saved. The first sign of an ...

Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. Now, for the first time, scientists have ...

New research reveals when glaciers around the world will vanish and why every fraction of a degree of warming could decide their fate. A major new international study led by ETH Zurich has, for the ...

Hundreds gathered to say goodbye when 700-year-old Pizol died. The funeral in Switzerland in 2019 was solemn. Mourners wore black; flowers were laid; a priest spoke. It was a symbolic moment: Pizol ...

Hidden within the Morteratsch Glacier in Switzerland lies a large ice cave — a striking yet sobering sign of the ongoing and accelerating glacier disintegration leading to a reduction in the number of ...

Northwest Montana’s glaciers are still melting, albeit slower than scientists previously predicted. Models produced by climate scientists in the 2000s suggested that the masses of ice that gave ...

Singer Camryn Magness, who opened for One Direction during their early tours, died late last week after she was hit while riding an electric scooter in Miami. The 26-year-old “Lovesick” vocalist was ...

Thanh-Son Pham receives funding from the Australian Research Council. Glacial earthquakes are a special type of earthquake generated in cold, icy regions. First discovered in the northern hemisphere ...

Community Canvas is an initiative presented by The Culture Show where GBH features artwork from community members on our Digital Mural. Today’s mural, Glaciers Calving by Susan Altman, represents ...

For the first time in years, summer visitors in 2026 will be able to drive personal vehicles into the Glacier National Park at any time of day without a reservation. Officials implemented the vehicle ...

The speed at which glaciers move changes predictably each year, according to the first-ever global map of how glacier and ice sheet speeds vary with the seasons. Knowing this yearly rhythm could help ...

A California tree trimmer with 20 years experience was killed in a freak accident — when he plummeted 35 feet and impaled himself on an iron fence. The tragic worker, identified by family members ...