Glacial melting can result in nuclear power plant shutdowns, agriculture and water resources being put at risk, and coastal ...

Shrinking Andean glaciers threaten water supply of 90 million people, global policy makers warnedShrinking glaciers in the Andes threaten the water ...

These risks and the loss of freshwater supplies are some of the reasons the United Nations declared 2025 the International ...

The first World Day for Glaciers is less a celebration than a reckoning as years of record, rapid glacier retreat means many will not survive the 21st century.

Fragile highland ecosystems showed low resilience to fire, which renders them more vulnerable to long-term degradation.