This year’s Amarnath Yatra, which began on July 3 under tight security arrangements, has left many devotees in emotional ...

A hike along Switzerland’s Aletsch offers escape from the summer heat — but comes with a poignant sense of time running out ...

Dozens of children and adults sped down a grassy hill Friday under the radiating sun — riding atop blocks of ice. The Town of Mount Airy held an ice block sledding event at Watkins Park, offering ice ...

Glaciers in the Himalayas are melting faster due to climate change, threatening water supplies, farming, and livelihoods. Learn why this is happening, what factors are responsible, and how it impacts ...

Within our home, there are two incontrovertible truths about ice cream: I am alone in not caring for it, and our 10-year-old ...

Each year from June to September, a series of heavy rains known as monsoons sweep through the Indian subcontinent, providing ...

Greenland’s ice-covered landscape looks like an immovable block on satellite maps. Yet the story beneath its center suggests ...

Frozen novelties — ice cream bars, drumsticks, popsicles — remain very popular. But not everyone can enjoy dairy-based ...

A new study in Science uses ancient and modern DNA to tell the Qimmeq’s story. It’s a story not just about dogs, but also ...

Avalanches are the mountain’s thunderous, terrifying answer to gravity—a sudden, roaring release of snow that can reshape ...

Ground slumping in yedoma permafrost after a wildfire, in the interior of Alaska. Yedoma permafrost generally contains large ...