Glaciers are melting at unprecedented rates across the Hindu Kush Himalayan mountain ranges and could lose up to 80% of their volume this century if greenhouse gas emissions aren’t sharply reduced, ...

The world’s highest peaks are at risk of losing up to 80% of their volume by the end of the century with profound consequences for millions of people under worst case climate scenarios, international ...

On International Snow Leopard Day 2025, dive into 8 fascinating facts about these elusive mountain cats — from their ...

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — An environment conference opened in Nepal on Friday to discuss global climate change, including the impact on the highest Himalayan peaks where snow and ice are melting. The ...

Research published last year shows the massive Himalayan glaciers have shrunk 10-times faster over the past four decades than during the previous seven centuries. It threatens agriculture and the ...

The recent death of former biathlon champion Laura Dahlmeier during a mountaineering expedition has reignited debate over whether – and under what conditions – bodies can be recovered from remote, ...

Scientists are using old spy satellite images to measure the effects of climate change. They're finding that glaciers in the Himalayas are melting twice as fast as they were a few decades earlier.

Nepal will make climbing permits free for 97 of its Himalayan mountains free to climb to create more tourism in some of its remote provinces. File photo by Narendra Shrestha/EPA-EFE Aug. 12 (UPI) ...

BENGALURU, India — Glaciers are melting at unprecedented rates across the Hindu Kush Himalayan mountain ranges and could lose up to 80% of their current volume this century if greenhouse gas emissions ...