High in the Himalaya, a desert is turning green ... Wangchuk built a 64-foot-tall “ice stupa”—an artificial glacier made by piping mountain streams into a Ladakhi village.

A new study brings attention to a different type of glacier - Rock glaciers, which are landforms composed of rocks and ice, ...

The ice layers can reach thicknesses of several meters and contribute significantly to the local water supply, especially in spring. In the Trans-Himalaya of Ladakh the accumulation of aufeis is ...

A team of Sherpas has fixed ropes as far as Camp 2 on Annapurna. On Saturday, they begin work on the treacherous section ...

On the north side of the Himalaya sits the partially reconstructed ... snow" (by Odell), with "an imposing head of granite and ice," (Noel) and it looms large over the Rongbuk glacier, shining ...