Glaciers are dynamic entities: over the course of the year, phases of mass growth, particularly due to snowfall, alternate with periods in which glaciers lose mass. Research assigns glaciers to a ...

Patagonia’s glaciers have been shrinking faster than ever over the past two decades, and the reasons go far beyond simple warming. New research shows a deeper, long-term shift in the atmosphere is to ...

Earth's Northern Hemisphere experienced a scorching summer, with 90-degree temperatures in Arctic reindeer country and heat waves toppling records around the globe. In Canada's Kluane National Park, ...

A new study finds disproportionate effects of temperature shifts on an icy glacier layer. Scientists have known from ice core research that it's easier to melt an ice sheet than to freeze it up again.

SAN FRANCISCO—Less than 20 miles from the site where melting ice exposed the 5,000-year-old body of Ötzi the Iceman, scientists have discovered new and compelling evidence that the Italian Alps are ...

A glacier in Italy is turning pink because of algae – a development that will make the ice melt faster, a scientist studying the phenomenon says. Pink snow has appeared at the Presena glacier in ...

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KALISPELL, Mont. - In Glacier National Park, roads and campgrounds are beginning to open, but spring conditions have officials urging visitors to use caution. Saturday a fast-moving stream and a ...

Spring plowing operations have begun in Glacier National Park and crews are encountering historically deep snow. Last week crews plowed to the camp store in Two Medicine and through Chief Mountain ...

Road crews clear snow at the Big Drift on the Going-to-the-Sun Road near Logan Pass in Glacier National Park on Wednesday, June 2, 2021. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake) The McDonald Creek valley is ...

Patagonia’s glaciers have been shrinking faster than ever over the past two decades, and the reasons go far beyond simple warming. New research shows a deeper, long-term shift in the atmosphere is to ...