For the people of the Venezuelan state of Mérida, the glaciated peaks of its Sierra Nevada have been a source of pride since time immemorial: The mountains are part of the regional identity and ...

Venezuela, once home to six glaciers, now has none after the last remaining one was recently classified as being too small to qualify. Why it matters: Venezuela is the first country in the ...

The International Cryosphere Climate Initiative (ICC) announced on X (formerly Twitter) that Venezuela’s only remaining glacier, the Humboldt, or La Corona, in the Andes, is now “too small to ...

Yarzábal actually started studying the microbiology of the Andean glaciers, beginning in Venezuela 17 years ago, because he and his team were interested in the biotechnological potential of cold ...

The team spent months overcoming numerous logistical hurdles, becoming the sole news outlet to visually capture Venezuelan scientists on their trip to study the country’s last glacier and the ...

These glaciers, located near the equator, are particularly vulnerable to climate change, and the consequences of their ...

Buddhist monks, scientists, government officials and community figures will take part in a ceremony on Monday at the Yala glacier, one of the most studied and measured ice bodies in the Hindu Kush ...

The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has confirmed that a second country has now lost all of its glaciers. Following Slovenia in Europe, Venezuela in South America has now joined this ...