Mountain glaciers are disappearing at an alarming rate due to climate change, scientists warn, putting the water supply of millions at risk and increasing the likelihood of land- and weather-related disasters.

Residents in parts of Alaska are evacuating after meltwater from the Mendenhall Glacier breached a natural ice dam, sparking fears of unprecedented flooding in the state’s capital, Juneau.

Officials confirmed that one person died Tuesday afternoon when a small plane crashed at Ryan Field, located south of West Glacier.

The remains of Dennis “Tink” Bell, a young British meteorologist who died in a glacier accident in Antarctica in 1959, have been recovered after more than six decades.

Authorities in southern Switzerland are warning of potential flooding in an Alpine valley after a massive glacial landslide buried the village of Blatten and blocked a nearby river.

A 64-year-old man is missing after a massive avalanche of rock and ice from a glacier swept down a mountainside in Switzerland.

The Swiss village of Blatten has been partially destroyed after a huge chunk of glacier crashed down into the valley.

Azerbaijan’s Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov delivered a speech at the high-level event titled "Glaciers’ 2025: Taking Global Action on Glaciers’ Preservation."

In 2024 , Swiss glaciers are experiencing an accelerated rate of melting, losing approximately 2.5% of their volume due to an unusually hot summer, despite heavy winter snowfall, News.Az reports.