This acceleration in snowpack melt often causes river flow to increase in glacier-fed water basins and rivers in the short term. However, once the snow melts beyond a certain threshold, a “peak water” ...

On March 2025 at 11 AM, at Hotel Drake Longchamp in Geneva, the India Water Foundation (IWF), in collaboration with the World ...

The rapid melting of glaciers due to climate change is endangering freshwater supplies, energy production and vulnerable ...

When mountain permafrost thaws and glaciers melt, glacial lakes can become lethal flood risks for anyone downstream.

UNESCO and UN-Water have released the World Water Report 2025, highlighting alarming evidence of glacier melt due to climate ...

"Glacier-fed streams are the sources of ... "When you see glaciers melt, it's not just the water that disappears," says Tom Battin, a full professor of environmental science, head of RIVER and ...

On World Water Day 2025, the United Nations is focusing on glacier preservation, as climate change continues to melt Earth’s frozen water reserves, affecting nearly two billion people.

As the WMO puts it, high mountain regions are the world’s water towers ... In the short term, glacier melt increases natural hazards like floods. Currently, glaciers are the second-largest ...

At the foot of Pakistan s impossibly high mountains whitened by frost all year round, farmers grappling with a lack of water ...

China’s glaciers have shrunk by 26% in the last 60 years, with significant implications for water resources, sea-level rise, ...

The first World Day for Glaciers is less a celebration than a reckoning as years of record, rapid glacier retreat means ... snow and ice play in climate and water or hydrological cycles.