Disappearing glaciers are threatening rare alpine plants with extinction
Glaciers support a unique community of plants, many of which are found nowhere else.
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Mont Blanc’s glacier protects, rather than erodes
Glaciers are monstrously huge pieces of ice. For millions of years their movements have eroded mountains to create some of nature’s most beautiful landscapes. But according to a new study, rather than…
Ice stupas: the artificial mini glaciers bringing water to some of the driest, coldest places on Earth
Constructed ice domes release water during dry periods when rain is blocked by high mountain ranges, stifling essential crop cultivation for rural communities.
China’s Everest obsession: following Mallory’s footsteps a century on, I saw how tourism and climate change are transforming the mountain
A century after the disappearance of explorer George Mallory, his photos and diary offer a valuable baseline for investigating impacts of tourism and climate change on the Tibet side of Everest.
The world’s mountain ‘water towers’ are melting, putting 1.9 billion people at risk
Global heating could reduce mountain glacier snow and ice by up to 80% by 2100, threatening major drinking water supplies.
What a century of climate change has done to France’s biggest glacier
A heritage landscape researcher used the work of a Victorian aerial photographer to map a century of glacial loss in the Alps – and the results are staggering.
How does a collapsing glacier turn into a lethal wall of mud and water? An expert explains what happened in Nepal
A group of 50 Himalayan hazard experts is providing rapid analysis of the event. Here’s what they’ve found so far.
This once‑stable Antarctic region has suddenly started melting
Yet more doom and gloom from the bottom of the Earth.
Almost 300,000 people now live in flood‑prone areas in the Nepalese Himalayas – new research
Satellite data shows roads, settlements and infrastructure are expanding into the same valleys that are vulnerable to floods and landslides.
Apocalyptic images of melting glaciers and sinking islands won’t help anyone imagine a better future
How activists and artists across the world are challenging popular, generalised climate memes, such as those of melting and sinking.
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