Fiber optic cable deployed on a Swiss glacier has detected the seismic signals of crevasses opening in the ice, confirming ...

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 significant ice loss is now inevitable.

However, by blocking sunlight, such approaches could harm the algae and cyanobacteria present in the ice. Another method is being trialled on Dagu Glacier in China: spreading a thin film of ...

The Punta Rocca glacier near Canazei ... White snow and ice reflect more sunlight and therefore absorb less heat than dark soil and rock. Therefore, as glaciers melt and retreat spatially ...

Dark algae that grow on the surface of Arctic ice sheets are likely to expand their range in the future, a trend that will ...

With a volume of almost 11 cubic kilometers, the Aletsch Glacier is by far the largest ice mass in Switzerland. A combination of factors contributed to the immense glacial melting this year.

The 9,000 gigatons of ice lost from glaciers since 1975 are roughly ... director of the Switzerland-based World Glacier Monitoring Service, said during a press conference announcing the report ...

Two satellite photos taken 33 years apart show the disappearance of a glacier in Iceland that was the first ice mass to be declared dead as a result of human-caused climate change. Okjökull was a ...