(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Suzanne OConnell, Wesleyan University and Alton C. Byers, University of Colorado ...

Layers of snowpack melted rapidly in Colorado in April, which could lead to less water supply in the summer and higher wildfire potential, according to data from the National Integrated Drought ...

While the most significant chunk of the storm may be behind us, the aftermath has just begun for mountain communities bracing for mudslides and flooding. "There is a river flowing right down the ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Water from the melting ice often drains into depressions once occupied by the glacier, ...

In mountain ranges around the world, glaciers are melting as global temperatures rise. Europe’s Alps and Pyrenees lost 40% of their glacier volume from 2000 to 2023. These and other icy regions have ...