This is where a glacier, a massive river of flowing ice, forms. Glaciers form the corrie when more and more snow piles up. The snow gets squashed under its own weight and is compacted into hard ice.

Back at Bow Lake, a longer hike unveils yet another cirque characteristic, the Bow Glacier Falls, a cascade formed from the Wapta Icefield melt water high above. Bow River in Banff. Photography ...

Seismic technology has revealed secrets of the Earth from a million years ago. During the Mid-Pleistocene Transition (MPT), the Earth adopted a 100,000-year glacial-interglacial cycle compared to the ...

Within Sweden's borders, there are 269 glaciers, some extending over the border with Norway, covering an area of ​​approx. 250 km2.

A new study analyzing a lake formed by a glacier surge in the Karakoram Mountains has revealed how satellite images can be used to monitor the potential for lake drainage hazards. New research has ...

We found that from 2016 to 2021, there were significant increases in crevasse volume across fast-flowing sectors of the ...

At the foot of the mountains of Grand Teton National Park, this crystal-clear expanse of water, formed by glaciers over thousands of years, is surrounded by a spectacular backdrop of craggy peaks ...