If they are right, this is a process ... glacier thawing would threaten this water supply, which is routinely used for irrigation, sanitation and hydropower purposes, particularly in the mountain ...

Scientists have been studying and modeling this process for years ... 2,333 different kinds of bacteria extracted from samples of 164 glacier-fed streams located in all the world's major mountain ...

Scientists are taking an urgent trip to Mount Everest to explore why the ice of one of the mountain’s most iconic glaciers is ...

The mountain is still home to atypical flora and unique landscapes, Muchiri added, but the loss of glacier ice has put a stop to certain types of technical climbing. Rivers are also drying up ...

The glacier area in China has shrunk by about 26 percent over the past 60 years, with approximately 7,000 small glaciers ...