A recent UN report highlights alarming melting rates of glaciers, which could in turn jeopardise water security for billions ...

The striking image from the International Space Station captures the rain shadow effect, where a part of a mountain range is ...

The prehistoric skis were buried underneath the glacier for over a thousand years before researchers made the discovery ...

Glaciers are large masses of ice, formed in colder regions, usually in mountains, where the accumulating winter snow does not completely melt away during summer. Over many years, snow builds up ...

Sunny skies will help warm temperatures on Thursday before a boundary slides in during the evening, bringing wind, rain and ...

Mountains are often called the world’s “water towers” due to their crucial role in the global water cycle. Ice and snow accumulate at high latitudes every winter when temperatures are cool, before ...

The mountains no longer receive sufficient snow and are deprived of the white ... "If they don't have that, they will just melt away," he said. Porter and guide Godfrey Mwangi, 28, said he has ...

Mountains, which cover 33 million sq km of the Earth’s surface, are crucial for sustaining life on the planet. For instance, around 2 billion people downstream depend on mountains for freshwater resou ...