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Hotel Belvédère.
Obergoms VS, Switzerland

Hotel Belvédère

A once-thriving hotel in the Swiss Alps couldn't compete with climate change.
A sign marks the 1925 edge of Athabasca Glacier
Jasper, Alberta

Athabasca Glacier

This natural wonder is disappearing at an alarming rate.
William S. Cooper in Glacier Bay.
science

Found: The Forgotten Metal Markers of a 100-Year-Old Ecology Study

Eight plots in Alaska are now the longest-running study of plant succession in the world.
Sarah Laskow September 7, 2017
Mont Blanc.
glaciers

The Remains of 3 More Long-Missing Hikers Have Been Found in the Alps

For the third time this summer, melting Alpine glaciers have revealed the fate of missing hikers.
Sarah Laskow August 24, 2017
Lagginhorn.
mountains

Found: The Body of a Hiker Missing for Thirty Years

A melting glacier revealed the frozen hands and feet of a man who disappeared in 1987.
Sarah Laskow August 3, 2017
Park County, Montana

Grasshopper Glacier

A rapidly disappearing glacier filled with extinct grasshoppers, perfectly preserved in the ice.
Blood Falls pouring into Lake Bonney.
science

Tracing the Circulatory System Behind Antarctica's Blood Falls

It’s deep, salty, and very cold.
Samir S. Patel April 26, 2017
The giant scar of the landslide is put into perspective by the skiff surveying the damage.
glaciers

Why Scientists Are Worried About a Landslide No One Saw or Heard

It's all about climate change, retreating glaciers, and newly exposed rock.
Kit Stolz March 17, 2017
Official flag of the Glacier Republic
Natales, Chile

Glacier Republic

An unrecognized micronation declared by Greenpeace to protect the glaciers of Chile.
Archbald, Pennsylvania

Archbald Pothole

It would take 35 firetrucks to fill this enormous glacial pothole.
Juneau, Alaska

Mendenhall Glacier

A rare chance to get up close and personal with a 13-mile ribbon of ice near downtown Juneau.
An Ice Stupa prototype, decorated for a visit from a local monk.
farms

India's Desert Farmers Are Saving Themselves With Artificial Glaciers

Villagers in Ladakh have been building them since the late 1980s.
Cara Giaimo June 8, 2016
Los Glaciares National Park, Argentina

Perito Moreno Glacier

This stunning mass of ice spans 121 square miles and is still growing.
early morning on the Argentière Glacier
Chamonix, France

Argentière Glacier

Trek up this glacier before it disappears.
Unique ice crystal structures
McMurdo Station, Antarctica

Erebus Ice Tongue Caves

Southern Ocean waters and glacial forces transform the Antarctic ice into these stunning bridges and caves.
Iceland

Skeiðará Bridge Monument

Twisted girders are all that remain of an Icelandic bridge that was wiped out by a combination of volcanic heat and glacial floods.
Inner courtyard of Rinchenling Gompa
Muchu, Nepal

Rinchenling Gompa

This remote Himalayan temple is in danger of being completely washed away by a melting glacier.
Carcross Desert
Carcross, Yukon

Carcross Desert

This tiny square mile of Canadian sand was once considered the world's smallest desert.