For centuries, glaciers have sat like frosty crowns atop slumbering volcanoes, keeping Earth’s fury tucked safely beneath ...

The glaciers in the Andes are an important water supply for millions of people in South America, particularly for those living in the Andean highlands of Bolivia, Chile and Peru, according to a ...

Melting glaciers may be silently setting the stage for more explosive and frequent volcanic eruptions in the future, ...

Patagonia, a land where nature reigns supreme, offers a dramatic mix of wild glaciers, towering mountains, and serene lakes that define the soul of South America. This vast region, shared between ...

The effects of climate change could awaken hundreds of volcanoes worldwide – which in turn could worsen the effects of ...

Learn more about the connection between melting glaciers and volcanic eruptions, a volatile relationship that has existed ...

“Over time the cumulative effect of multiple eruptions can contribute to long-term global warming because of a buildup of greenhouse gases,” Moreno-Yaeger explained. “This creates a positive feedback ...

Hundreds of dormant volcanoes across the globe—particularly in Antarctica—could become more active thanks to climate change.

And the eruptions can make warming worse, melting more glaciers.

High up in the mountains, in a rocky world left behind by melting glaciers, life finds an unlikely jumpstart—thanks to poop. At nearly 18,000 feet in the Peruvian Andes, wild camelids called ...

An abandoned alpine lodge is all that remains of Bolivia's renowned Chacaltaya ski resort, the world's highest at 17,388 feet above sea level. Today, the expansive 150-foot thick glacier, which ...