A chunk of ice broke off a hanging glacier, sending an avalanche of ice and snow down into the ice fields and engulfing about 30 men. The toll, at 12 dead, was the worst in a single day in the history of Mt. Everest.
A chunk of ice broke off a hanging glacier, sending an avalanche of ice and snow down into the ice fields and engulfing about 30 men. The toll, at 12 dead, was the worst in a single day in the history of Mt. Everest.
Swiss Catholics have reversed a ritual prayer that for 350 years implored the heavens to push back the glaciers. The Vatican approved the change as the effects of global warming became all too tangible in the Alps.
Swiss Catholics have reversed a ritual prayer that for 350 years implored the heavens to push back the glaciers. The Vatican approved the change as the effects of global warming became all too tangible in the Alps.
A chunk of ice broke off a hanging glacier, sending an avalanche of ice and snow down into the ice fields and engulfing about 30 men. The toll, at 12 dead, was the worst in a single day in the history of Everest.
A chunk of ice broke off a hanging glacier, sending an avalanche of ice and snow down into the ice fields and engulfing about 30 men. The toll, at 12 dead, was the worst in a single day in the history of Everest.
A chunk of ice broke off a hanging glacier, sending an avalanche of ice and snow down into the ice fields and engulfing about 30 men. The toll, at 12 dead, was the worst in a single day in the history of Everest.
A chunk of ice broke off a hanging glacier, sending an avalanche of ice and snow down into the ice fields and engulfing about 30 men. The toll, at 12 dead, was the worst in a single day in the history of Everest.
Balls of moss on glaciers, called mice, contain miniature ecosystems. In fact, with inner temperatures warmer than the surrounding ice and a constant water supply, these roving worlds teem with life.
Balls of moss on glaciers, called mice, contain miniature ecosystems. In fact, with inner temperatures warmer than the surrounding ice and a constant water supply, these roving worlds teem with life.
Swiss Catholics have reversed a ritual that for 350 years implored the heavens to push back the glaciers. The Vatican approved the change as the effects of global warming became all too tangible in the Alps.
Swiss Catholics have reversed a ritual that for 350 years implored the heavens to push back the glaciers. The Vatican approved the change as the effects of global warming became all too tangible in the Alps.
Increased pilgrimage to a holy site among the Himalayan glaciers is polluting the headwaters of the Indus. Scientists are now grappling with how to protect the river while showing reverence to the religion.
Increased pilgrimage to a holy site among the Himalayan glaciers is polluting the headwaters of the Indus. Scientists are now grappling with how to protect the river while showing reverence to the religion.
Geologists listening in on “icequakes” that rumble through glaciers have developed a model that can predict a collapse up to 15 days before it happens.
Geologists listening in on “icequakes” that rumble through glaciers have developed a model that can predict a collapse up to 15 days before it happens.
Geologists listening in on “icequakes” that rumble through glaciers have developed a model that can predict a collapse up to 15 days before it happens.
A blood-red waterfall pours very slowly out of the Taylor Glacier in Antarctica's McMurdo Dry Valleys. The sealed lake from which it flows contains a primordial ooze of microbes.