Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. STORY: Chile’s towering El Plomo mountain in the Andes has been climbed and revered for centuries. The route to the top – more ...

As the Earth faces unprecedented climate change, a look into the planet's deep past may provide vital insights into what may lie ahead. Knowledge of the natural world millions of years ago is ...

developing solutions to today’s environmental challenges. On the windswept slopes of the Andes mountains, rugged forests grow. These exceptionally hardy trees and shrubs, known as Polylepis, have ...

In a study conducted by the University of Wisconsin’s Proglacial Lab, Dr. Shaun Marcott’s team has discovered that tropical glaciers in the Andes Mountains are now smaller than they have been at any ...

As they are in many places around the globe, glaciers perched high in the Andes Mountains are shrinking. Now, researchers have uncovered evidence that the high-altitude tropical ice fields are likely ...

This combination of pictures created on April 16, 2026, shows satellite images obtained from Copernicus Sentinel Data 2026 ...

Tropical glaciers are expected to retreat in a warming world. Now, a new analysis suggests these glaciers, located at high altitudes in the Andes Mountains, are smaller than they’ve been since the ...

The Andes mountain range, stretching over 8,900 kilometers along South America's western edge, serves as the continent's primary water tower. This massive mountain system supplies fresh water to ...

Geographer Jeff Bury is studying the impacts of climate change in Peru. Photo by Jeff Bury. For residents of Peru’s remote villages high in the Andes mountains, climate change is right outside the ...

The Andes mountains and their extensive foothills form one of the planet's most crucial water distribution networks, functioning like an enormous natural reservoir system that sustains river flows ...

In 2010, construction workers on the Panamerican Highway traversing Chile's Atacama Desert stumbled upon a nearly perfectly preserved fossilized whale ...

A new study led by University of Arizona researchers has uncovered how massive volcanic eruptions in the Andes Mountains ...