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Glaciers

Sparse trees seen near Orizaba Peak in Mexico

As Mexico’s last glaciers melt, communities that depend on mountain springs scramble to find solutions

Climate Change

Today, there’s only one glacier left on Mexico’s tallest mountain. It’s called Jamapa. And scientists say that as much as 60% of it has melted. Until recently, experts estimated that it had maybe just 40 years left. But now, they say it will disappear within the decade.

Underland cave light

A new book explores ‘Underland,’ the deep, dark areas below the Earth

Books
A research team crossing an ice plateau in the Indian Himalayas faced risks of hidden crevasses, storms, avalanches and earthquakes.

Climate change research can be risky. But not doing it is even riskier.

Science
Glacier National Bjorn Beer

A writer moves to Montana to hike, ski, and to watch the glaciers disappear

Lifestyle
Glacier in Antarctica

Don’t let Antarctica’s size fool you. It’s melting fast.

Environment
Dark rock above the Helheim glacier in southeastern Greenland marks its former level, before a sudden and dramatic retreat of hit many Greenland glaciers a decade ago. Scientists working on the Helheim and the fjord it drains into are looking for clues to

In Greenland, a climate change mystery with clues written in water and stone

Environment

About a decade ago, several of Greenland’s biggest glaciers suddenly began melting. A decade later, two groups of scientists are trying to unlock the secrets behind a scientific mystery story with potentially big consequences for the future of the island’s rapidly-melting ice sheet.

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Lima taps ancient Andean canals to help fight its water shortage

Environment

In its effort to address a growing water crisis, Peru’s capital, Lima, is looking to ancient canals in high mountain villages outside the city.

A calving glacier off Greenland

A seven-year-old photo captures the thunderous changes in Arctic glacier melt

Environment

As the climate warms, glaciers are melting at increasing rates. That can lead to stunning photos of glaciers turning all the way over, which is becoming more and more common.

The World

Extreme Ice: A new NOVA film on glacial melting

Arts, Culture & Media

James Balog is the founder and director of the Extreme Ice Survey. With the use of 26 time-lapse cameras, Balog and his colleagues document the rapid changes on glaciers across the Northern Hemisphere.