An earth scientist explains the impact that ice loss can have on the stability of the surrounding mountain slopes and glacial lakes.

Located in Tanzania, Africa’s tallest mountain sits on the Kenyan border in East Africa, some 200 miles south of the Equator.

The Alaskan Volcano Observatory has shared new images of plumes of gas streaming out of Mount Spurr, which scientists suspect ...

Alaska Native tribes and activists will use previous momentum to try and keep a road from being built through caribou ...

Mount Spurr has been showing signs of an eruption since last year, but scientists think one is even more imminent.

Many people living in the Himalayas, Andes, Alps, Rocky Mountains, Iceland, and Alaska have experienced glacial lake outburst floods of one type or another.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A teenager has died after triggering an avalanche, the fourth person killed in snow slides in Alaska this month. Alaska State Troopers said the body of 16-year-old Tucker ...

Here’s what residents should know to protect their children, pets, homes and vehicles from the ash that scientists say is ...

As global temperatures rise, glaciers are melting, creating dangerous glacial lakes. These lakes pose risks to downstream ...

Juneau, Alaska, has been hit by several flash floods ... for millennia. Freezing helps keep mountains together. But as permafrost thaws, even solid rock becomes less stable and is more prone to ...

If the landslide at the Barry Arm fjord collapses, its falling ice and rock could generate a devastating 650-foot-high ...