Between May and September this year, avalanches, landslides and flashfloods tore through mountain communities in Switzerland, ...

PAKISTAN’S water crisis is no longer a looming threat; it is already here. Glaciers are melting, rivers are swinging from flood to drought within months, and major cities are forced to ration their ...

The Alpine glaciers formation is in a strong negative phase globally. Passu Glacier in Gojal Hunza is retreating rapidly. The ...

It was a routine day, and 26-year-old Muntazer Mehdi had performed his mid-afternoon prayers. Then, after lunch, the mountains started growling. The tailor, who lived in Chogogrung village at the ...

At the edge of the Himalayas, where Pakistan’s snow-capped peaks rise above dry valleys, villagers have found an ingenious way to survive the growing threat of climate-driven water scarcity. As ...

At the foot of Pakistan's impossibly high mountains whitened by frost all year round, farmers grappling with a lack of water have created their own ice towers. Warmer winters as a result of climate ...

HUNZA, Pakistan (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A menacing black glacier is bulldozing its way down a valley in northern Pakistan, threatening to cut off a vital road link to China and blocking ...

ISLAMABAD (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Pakistan will invest $8.5 million to expand a network of glacier monitoring stations tracking the pace of glacial melt in the Hindu Kush, Karakoram and ...

With over 7,000 glaciers, Pakistan holds one of the largest reserves of glacial ice outside the polar regions. These glaciers feed the Indus River system, serving as a backbone of national water ...

The ice forms in the shape of cones that resemble Buddhist stupas, and act as a storage system -- steadily melting throughout spring when temperatures rise ...