New Zealand ranks third globally in the proportion of ice lost from glaciers. Almost 30% of ice volume has melted during the ...

A photo series on ice stupas — artificial glaciers in the northern Indian Himalayas — recently won first place in the 2024-25 Onewater’s Walk of Water: Water Towers photo story contest.

This story appears in the April 2017 issue of National Geographic magazine. High in the Himalaya, a desert is turning green. Climate change in the Indian region of Ladakh has shrunk glaciers and ...

But while AI has led to significant advancements, like tracking greenhouse gas emissions and sand dredging, its rise comes with an environmental cost.

At more than 20km long, Aletsch Glacier is the biggest in the European Alps. But its front has retreated by around 3.2km (2 miles) since 1900, including more than 1km since 2000. The world's ...