We often see photographs that show how glaciers have diminished in size over the last century. The recession of glaciers is a direct result of global warming, resulting from the burning of fossil fuel ...

The mountain cryosphere encompasses the frozen high-elevation environments of Earth, including glaciers, snow, permafrost, and river and lake ice. High mountain regions are essential sources of ...

The Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH) is one of the most climate-sensitive mountain regions in the world. It contains large glaciers, seasonal snow cover, ...

A new study led by Jochen Knies from the iC3 Polar Research Hub has found worrying signs that climate change may be undermining the capacity of Arctic fjords to serve as effective carbon sinks. The ...

Melting glaciers, collapsing ice shelves, thawing permafrost – these are some of the most visible impacts of climate change. Glaciers around the world have been losing over 200 billion metric tons of ...