Glaciers are by no means in proportion to the height and extent of mountains. There are many mountain-chains as high or higher than the Alps, which can boast of but few and small glaciers, if ...

Lava flows, near mile-thick glaciers and ice age floods layered and carved up this landscape.

Glacial crevasses provide a unique chance for adventure seekers to explore the frozen landscapes of our planet ...

The fibre-optic cables we use to surf the Internet and make phone calls could help predict a landslide or a glacier collapse.

According to these analyses, Colorado’s rock glaciers arose around 10,000 to 12,000 years ago, which places them at least a thousand years after deglaciation. Robert Anderson says that understanding ...

The Worcester area has evidence of the Mesoproterozoic Era, going back to the earliest known days of the present-day Earth's ...

Great Lakes basins may have formed millions of years ago from activity deep in the Earth — long before glaciers, study finds Share this: Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook ...

As a chunk of Switzerland's Birch Glacier breaks off, partially destroying villages, scientists have revealed the glaciers around the world that could be next.

A study in the journal Science concludes that glaciers will rapidly lose mass for decades and then continue melting at a slower pace for centuries, even without additional warming. Even if the ...

Glaciers are formed on land and when they melt, slowly, the water runoff flows into rivers and streams. However, when glaciers melt rapidly, the immense water runoff stresses local ecosystems, ...

The world’s glaciers are in dire health with almost 40% of their total mass already doomed even if global temperatures stopped rising immediately, a new study has found.

As the glaciers of South America retreat, the supply of freshwater is dwindling and its quality is getting worse. Dark red pools of meltwater from acid rock drainage on Pastoruri peak in the ...