The best way to appreciate the ice fields around Anchorage, AK, is by taking a scenic helicopter flight over the glaciers.

Regression analysis of DEM time series shows a height loss of up to 8 m a$^{-1}$ on the tongue and 1.5 m a$^{-1}$ when averaged over the whole glacier area. In spring 2013, we observed X-band ...

The landslide that buried most of a Swiss village this week is focusing renewed attention on the role of global warming in ...

An Alaska man who was pinned face down in an icy creek by a 700-pound (318-kilogram) boulder for three hours survived the ...

Dunleavy vetoes another education funding bill, setting up a contentious override vote. Plus, Alaska small businesses owners worry about the impact of political uncertainty on an already ...

This story was supported by the Pulitzer Center. It was produced by Grist and co-published with Alaska Public Media. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. The Tulsequah Glacier meanders down a ...

This story was supported by the Pulitzer Center. It was produced by Grist and co-published with Alaska Public Media. The Tulsequah Glacier meanders down a broad valley in northwest British ...

science writer Matanuska Glacier is what locals call a “drive-up glacier.” In southcentral Alaska, where half the state’s population lives, its accessibility by car means thousands of human ...

PERITO MORENO GLACIER, Argentina — The deep cracking sound bursting from within the ice signals the dramatic fall about to happen. Seconds later, a block of ice some 70 meters (230 ft ...

Seconds later, a block of ice some 70 meters tall — the size of a 20-story building — collapses from the face of the Perito Moreno glacier into the aquamarine water below. The sight has ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) A machine learning model has been developed to estimate the global distribution of glacier ice thickness, using over 4 million in situ measurements and 39 ...