Scientists race to recover vital natural archive from rapidly melting glaciers

There’s been little good news for glaciers so far in 2025. A series of reports all reach the same conclusion: climate change is melting these bodies of ice at alarming rates.

This has not been a good year for glaciers. A series of reports all appear to confirm that climate change is melting these bodies of ice at an alarming rate. Since 2000, the world has lost more than 7 trillion tons of ice from mountain glaciers.

Signs of melting…