Many people living in the Himalayas, Andes, Alps, Rocky Mountains, Iceland, and Alaska have experienced glacial lake outburst floods of one type or another.
A newly published scientific study, (“Community estimate of global glacier mass changes from 2000 to 2023,” Nature, 19 ...
China’s glacier area has shrunk by 26% since 1960 due to rapid global warming, with 7,000 small glaciers disappearing ...
An earth scientist explains the impact that ice loss can have on the stability of the surrounding mountain slopes and glacial lakes.
Melting ice is revealing new coastal zones in the Arctic, but while this new landscape might fuel speculation about natural ...
In a part of the world where throughout history only the pure white of snow and ice could be seen, today green moss and grass ...
Scientists using a submersible robot discovered patterns under the Antarctic ice that have never been seen before by humans.
Melting on the Antarctic Ice Sheet for the 2024 to 2025 season began with above average melt extents in all regions, but melt ...
Friday, March 21 marks the inaugural World Glacier Day, an international observance established by the United Nations to ...
Water from the melting ice often drains into depressions once occupied by the glacier, creating large lakes. Many of these expanding lakes are held in place by precarious ice dams or rock moraines ...
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