As global temperatures rise, glaciers are melting, creating dangerous glacial lakes. These lakes pose risks to downstream communities and infrastructure.

To this day, the flood stage at 35 feet holds a spot in the record book for the highest level the Merrimack River has ever reached.

Today marks a historic confluence as we celebrate the first-ever World Glacier Day followed tomorrow by World Water Day. As communities worldwide celebrate our planet’s most precious resource, the ...

At 5 100 meters above sea level, the air around Bolivia's Huayna Potosí glacier is thin, brittle with altitude. The wind ...

High in the Andes Mountains, glaciers have fed life for centuries. Their frozen stores of water support millions of people ...

Five of the past six years have witnessed the most rapid glacier retreat on record, according to new research by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the World Glacier Monitoring Service ...

A creak, a thunderous roar, and then the plunge: Argentina’s Perito Moreno Glacier calves several times a day, as hundreds of ...

Rescuers evacuated residents in Siberia’s Krasnoyarsk region after unseasonably warm weather caused river ice to rapidly melt ...

Researchers used computer models to predict the Arctic's first ice-free day in its northernmost ocean. "Ice-free" is defined ...

The ice on the lake should continue to melt next week as air temperatures will be above normal, with highs in the 50s and 60s and lows above freezing starting Sunday night and staying that way ...