SEATTLE, Aug. 7 (UPI) -- The shrinking of three U.S. glaciers raises concerns about rising sea levels and the future availability of fresh drinking water, scientists said.
BEIJING, Nov. 2 (UPI) -- China’s glaciers in western Xinjiang Uygur region are shrinking alarmingly due to global and regional warming, posing a threat to the oases in the area.
ZURICH, Switzerland, Aug. 19 (UPI) -- Hundreds of volunteers braved the cold to pose naked on Switzerland’s Aletsch glacier for U.S. photographer Spencer Tunick.
BOULDER, Colo., March 6 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists studying global warming are creating tiny lab versions of 12-foot snow spikes that form naturally on high mountain glaciers.
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 12 (UPI) -- Seven California glaciers are shrinking rapidly, according to a photographic survey conducted by a university researcher and his associates.