It is linked to a feedback effect. Experts issue urgent warning after observing disturbing phenomenon in the Alps: 'It's like the glaciers are shouting out' first appeared on The Cool Down.

Scientists tracking the glaciers are drilling holes to gain further insights, and they have uncovered an alarming detail.

June’s heatwave has caused snow and glaciers in the French Alps to melt faster, causing water shortages at mountain shelters ...

In the past century, scientists have observed more rockfalls and avalanches in the Alps, a looming threat to nearby villages.

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

Glaciers in the Swiss Alps began to retreat about 170 years ago. The retreat was initially modest but in recent decades, melting has accelerated significantly as the climate warms.

Swiss residents worry that the glacier losses will hurt their economy. Some area ski resorts of the Alps, which rely on these glaciers, now cover them with white sheets to reflect sunlight and ...

Glaciers in the Swiss Alps don’t look like they used to, with one tourist’s viral vacation photo illustrating the effects of a warming planet at one of Switzerland’s natural wonders.

A village in the Swiss Alps has been buried beneath ice, rock and mud after a massive piece of a nearby glacier collapsed. On Wednesday, a landslide from the mountain side of Birch Glacier -- located ...

A Swiss Alpine village was largely wiped out on Wednesday after a massive glacier carrying rock and debris detached and roared down the mountainside, destroying everything in its path.

This photograph shows the small village of Blatten, in the Bietschhorn mountain of the Swiss Alps, destroyed by a landslide after part of the huge Birch Glacier collapsed and swallowed up by the ...

At the turn of the 21st century, the glacier was named part of the Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch UNESCO World Heritage Site. While here, be sure to explore the Aletsch Arena.