An ancient geological process could be shaping modern landscapes. New research led by the University of Southampton suggests ...

The Roza Irrigation District in the Yakima Valley relies on the snowpack in the mountains, but this year those crucial winter ...

Groundwater is a natural water reserve built up over thousands of years. When it's drained too fast because of wasteful water use, it's unlikely to be replenished within a lifetime. Extreme weather ...

An acceleration of warming that started in 2023 continued through 2024, according to the latest annual climate assessment by ...

Too much water behind these dams or a landslide into the lake can break the dam, sending huge volumes of water and debris sweeping down the mountain valleys, wiping out everything in the way. Most ...

A rush of glacial floodwater swept down Alaska’s Mendenhall River on Wednesday morning, prompting evacuation warnings in ...

ESA’s Mars Express captured Acheron Fossae’s rugged ridges and icy valleys, revealing a landscape shaped by ancient crustal stretching, volcanic activity, and rock glaciers from Mars’s icy past.

Each summer in the mountains above Juneau, Alaska, meltwater from the massive Mendenhall Glacier flows into mountain lakes and into the Mendenhall River, which runs through town.

From Rhine River castles and Norwegian fjords to Icelandic waterfalls and Alaskan glaciers, these five itineraries trade ...

For the third consecutive year, a wave of water gushed out of an Alaskan glacial lake, threatening the state’s capital city ...

Glaciers holding massive amounts of water are melting at unprecedented rates, reshaping ocean systems and influencing ...

Global rising temperatures continue to threaten the Himalayas, but researchers found that soot that enters the atmosphere has ...