Darkut village, also part of GLOF II, sits surrounded by mountains and glaciers above verdant plains where yaks graze. At the bottom of nearby Darkut Glacier lies a deep turquoise lake.

A Himalayan village in Nepal has vanished — emptied by climate change. Samjung, perched in the high-altitude Upper Mustang ...

New laser scan images of Mountain Lake clarify its origins and bolster theories about its drain and fill cycles.

Stunning video and images out of western North Carolina show a popular mountain lake eerily packed with the ruins of a nearby village after powerful wind and floodwaters brought by Hurricane ...

High in the mountains, this European village stands frozen in time Lukomir is home to 17 families and medieval traditions.

Trained in first aid, river crossing and high mountain rescue, they practise evacuating the village a few times a year, volunteers carrying the wounded on stretchers and bandaging mock injuries.