The world is changing in ways that are both breathtaking and unsettling. Imagine hiking across a glacier, only to stumble ...

Scientists believe that the motion of Earth's continents through plate tectonics has been largely steady over millions of years. New research, however, suggests this drift can speed up or slow down ...

Over the past two decades, satellite-based planetary observations have recorded rapid mass loss of Patagonian glaciers, contributing approximately 0.07 mm per year to global sea-level rise. A study ...

Over the past two decades, satellite-based planetary observations have recorded rapid mass loss of Patagonian glaciers, ...

Juneau is installing massive sand-filled barriers to protect 450 homes in Mendenhall Valley from expected glacier floodwaters ...

Glaciers carry unique organic carbon fingerprints that reflect geography and pollution, influencing ecosystems downstream.

Some sites had elevated concentrations of harmful trace elements like As and U from glacier melt or groundwater. Longitudinal (upstream to downstream) variability was apparent within each river, with ...

It would help cut down on tour bus traffic in the city’s downtown by allowing passengers to depart directly from the island onto whale-watching tours or shuttle boats to Mendenhall Glacier.

Beneath the Antarctic Ice Sheet lies a hidden network of lakes and rivers formed by surface meltwater and frictional melting at the glacier base. This subglacial water acts as a lubricant, ...

The next month, Swiss archaeologists stumbled upon a strange cart-like contraption in a similarly retreating glacier. "The rapid melting of glacial ice due to anthropogenic climate change is revealing ...

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Scientists have warned that melting ice at the North Pole could unleash ... Last year, scientists found 1,700 ancient viruses lurking deep inside a glacier in western China, most of which have ...