The ice cap—the term refers to a type of glacier, of which “polar ice cap” is a subset—is of a kind that’s supposed to be very stable. “This kind of ice cap shouldn’t be displaying ...

The contribution of glaciers and ice caps to global sea-level rise is uncertain: they are incompletely counted and the calculation is challenging. A new estimate from the best available data ...

The contribution to sea-level rise from mountain glaciers and ice caps has grown over the past decades. A projection of their melting during the twenty-first century based on temperature and ...

The fate of the fictional glacier since the little ice age would have been less positive, as demonstrated by the very real ...

Scientists have some novel ideas to save the ice caps. Here are the most out-of-the-box suggestions. Scientists say glacier engineering could be a potential stopgap as the Earth passes a critical ...

Scientists say glacier engineering could be a potential stopgap as the Earth passes a critical climate milestone. Others aren’t as convinced. Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent.

Extrapolating from the climate data, the scientists predicted “total ice loss no later than 2026” for Indonesia’s glaciers. The ice caps of Puncak Jaya may defy the forecasts, but the long ...

Hiking glacial terrains gives adventure seekers an opportunity to explore some of Earth's most breathtaking landscapes ...

A huge chunk of a glacier in the Swiss Alps broke off on Wednesday afternoon, causing a deluge of ice, mud and rock to bury part of a mountain village evacuated earlier this month due to the risk of a ...