The Last Stable Glaciers on Earth Are Starting to Collapse

Photo: Khan-Tengri Peak, view from the South Inylchek Glacier, Tien Shan – August 1, 2021. Photo credit: Maryliflower via Wikimedia Commons. CC BY-SA 4.0 (photo was resized). Article by Tudor Tarita. ZME Science – June 4, 2026. Research articles: Advances in Climate Change Research and Environmental Research Letters.

Even glaciers that once resisted climate change are now cracking. Across the Pamir and Tien Shan mountains, ice that held steady for decades is vanishing at unprecedented speed. New measurements from Kangxiwa Glacier in the eastern Pamir and regional studies across Central Asia reveal that 2025 brought record-breaking ice loss. In a single year, glaciers shed billions of tons of ice, driven by persistent heat, early melt seasons, and shrinking snowfall. The consequences ripple far beyond the mountains: these glaciers feed rivers that sustain millions of people downstream, […]

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