Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A mountain rescue team member searches for potential buried victims in the French Alps. Avalanches form in various ways but are ...

An earthquake and subsequent rock slide on Jan Mayen Island reveals how climate change is making the region increasingly volatile. Reading time 3 minutes On March 10, 2025, a magnitude 6.5 earthquake ...

Newswise — This winter was one of the warmest on record across the West; as a result, many snowy, alpine areas have seen bouts of winter rainfall where there would ordinarily only be snow. These ...

Rescue crews are still searching for thousands of missing people, and the science behind the disaster is now coming into focus. The findings could reshape how Himalayan communities prepare for a ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Warmer winters in the Pacific Northwest are complicating avalanche forecasting, according to new research from the University of Washington. This winter is among the warmest on ...

BOULDER, Colo. — Colorado has seen how deadly avalanches can be. But as we face a climate crisis, it's increasingly important to understand the changing physics of avalanches. That's where the ...

When 247 million cubic feet of snow and ice collapsed off a glacier in the dry, mountainous region of western Tibet in 2016, the roiling mass took with it nine human lives and hundreds of animals, ...

As a new biopic puts the life of mountaineer Tenzing Norgay Sherpa on screen, his son says climate change is transforming the ...

One of us understands the life-giving as well as the life-threatening realities of glaciers/ice, having been a mountaineer and a survivor ...