Antarctica’s Hektoria Glacier may be considered small, but the amount of ice it has lost in record time is a really big deal.

A glacier in Antarctica shrank by almost 50% in just two months, which was the fastest ever recorded in modern history, a ...

From Greenland to the Himalayas, the planet's glaciers are shrinking. The status of these glaciers is a sign of the impending dangers associated with a warming climate. Temperatures are rising around ...

When an Antarctic glacier was sparked into rapid retreat three years ago, it left scientists scratching their heads as to ...

University of Idaho researchers have developed a mathematical model that simplifies the way scientists understand changes in glacier movement. This new approach demonstrates that diverse patterns of ...

AMES, Iowa – Iowa State University’s Neal Iverson and an international team of researchers are working to help quantify the single biggest uncertainty in predicting how much glaciers will contribute ...

Rock glaciers are distinctive landforms found in cold, mountainous regions, representing slowly creeping masses of debris interspersed with ice. Their movement, quantified as rock glacier velocity, ...

Although we know glaciers are melting, we can't always see it. One researcher, however, has discovered that he can hear it. The BBC profiled Konstantine Vlasis, a percussionist and environmental ...

When the Swiss and Italian governments got together to redraw the alpine border that divides the two countries last year, due to rapidly retreating glaciers, it put into stark focus a challenge that ...