Greenland’s glaciers are melting twice as fast this century, new study shows

We have known for a while that Greenland’s ice sheet is melting worryingly fast. But a new study from Northwestern University and the University of Copenhagen has found that Greenland’s thousands of peripheral glaciers have entered a new and widespread state of rapid retreat. In their research, the team used satellite images and rarely seen … Read more

AP PHOTOS: As Alpine glaciers slowly disappear, new landscapes are appearing in their place

In pockets of Europe’s Alpine mountains, glaciers are abundant enough that ski resorts operate above the snow and ice. Ski lifts, resorts, cabins and huts dot the landscape — and have done so for decades. But glaciers are also one of the most obvious and early victims of human-caused climate change, and as they shrink … Read more

Swiss glaciers below risk once more as warmth wave drives zero-temperature stage to document excessive

GENEVA — The Swiss climate service mentioned Monday a warmth wave has pushed the zero-degree Celsius stage to its highest altitude since recordings on it in Switzerland started almost 70 years in the past, an ominous new signal for the nation’s vaunted glaciers. MeteoSwiss says the zero-degree isotherm stage reached 5,298 meters (17,381 ft) above … Read more

Climbers have a good time Mount Everest seventieth anniversary amid melting glaciers, rising temperatures

KATHMANDU, Nepal — Because the mountaineering group prepares to have a good time the seventieth anniversary of the conquest of Mount Everest, there may be rising concern about temperatures rising, glaciers and snow melting, and climate getting harsh and unpredictable on the world’s tallest mountain. For the reason that 8,849-meter (29,032-foot) mountain peak was first … Read more