A groundbreaking new study provides the first consistent global picture of glacier decline since 2000, revealing that ...

A meltwater lake that formed in the mid-1990s on Greenland’s 79°N Glacier has been draining in sudden, dramatic bursts ...

Ice calving, also known as glacier calving or iceberg calving, is the breaking of ice chunks from the edge of a glacier. It is a form of ice ablation or ice disruption. It is the sudden release and ...

Recent research has led scientists to new conclusions about the fastest melting glacier in Antarctica. Some are reassuring, ...

A quiet region at the eastern Antarctic Peninsula carries a narrative that can seem unnervingly personal if you have witnessed something in your life collapse faster than you were prepared for. In ...

If the theory is proven correct, the consequences could be enormous, spelling a much more risky, explosive future.

The speed at which glaciers move changes predictably each year, according to the first-ever global map of how glacier and ice sheet speeds vary with the seasons. Knowing this yearly rhythm could help ...

Underwater “storms” are melting the ice shelf protecting the Thwaites “doomsday” glacier in Antarctica, raising concerns that we could be underestimating future sea level rise. Up to 10 kilometres ...

Glacier Peak, the 10,541-foot high point of Snohomish County, is sometimes called Washington’s forgotten volcano. Unlike the icy white cones of Mount Rainier or Mount Baker, Glacier Peak is hard to ...

Nature likes to show off, and it has a way of sculpting ice into jaw-dropping masterpieces. These glaciers look like ...