Gletsch, Switzerland – A snowy winter provided no respite for Switzerland’s glaciers, which shed 2.4% of their volume in a year, with Sahara sand accelerating the summer melt. The past …
Adygene Glacier – Near a wooden hut high up in the Kyrgyz mountains, scientist Gulbara Omorova walked to a pile of gray rocks, reminiscing how the same spot was a …
Bengaluru: How freshwater, which sustains life, came to be on Earth has continued to be a source of mystery, with experts believing so far that it was the result of …
SAMTSE, Bhutan — Millions of people worldwide don’t have clean water to drink, even though the United Nations deemed water a basic human right more than a decade ago. Yet, …
Sea ice that packs the ocean around Antarctica hit record low levels this winter, the U.S. National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) said on Monday, adding to scientists’ fears …
JUNEAU, Alaska — Thousands of tourists spill onto a boardwalk in Alaska’s capital city every day from cruise ships towering over downtown. Vendors hawk shoreside trips and rows of buses …