Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A view of the avalanche on Otztal Alps where two skiers from the Netherlands were killed. Unbekannt/BERGRETTUNG SÖLDEN/dpa Two ...

A view of the avalanche on Otztal Alps where two skiers from the Netherlands were killed. Unbekannt/BERGRETTUNG SÖLDEN/dpa Three skiers from the Netherlands were killed in an avalanche in the Ötztal ...

This winter Austrian mountaineer Hansjörg Auer ascended three new ice climbs in the Ötztal valley and made a solo first ascent up Rofele Wand in the Ötztal Alps. This winter's unprecedented conditions ...

Since his discovery in 1991, Ötzi, the famous mummified Iceman found frozen in the Ötztal Alps, has been offering all sorts of insights into the Neolithic past. Now scientists have turned to his ...

Glacier ice contains valuable information about the climates of the past. Researchers are scrambling to study them before it's too late.

Researchers of the Ca' Foscari University of Venice and the Austrian Academy of Science drill an ice core at Weißseespitze, Ötztal Alps, in 2018. Photograph by Prof Andrea Fischer. Disclaimer: AAAS ...