Even though "glacial" is commonly used to describe extremely slow, steady movement, a new study has found that glaciers speed ...

Plucking – sometimes rocks get frozen to the base, sides and back wall of the glacier. The movement of the glacier pulls these frozen rocks away. Abrasion – rocks trapped in the glacier rub ...

Joint Press Release by Hokkaido University and the National Institute of Polar Research (NIPR).Detailed study of a Greenland ...

The ring-shear device in Neal Iverson's laboratory. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for ...

Open the walk-in freezer in Iverson's campus lab and you're looking at a 9-foot-tall ring-shear device that's been simulating glacial forces and movement since 2009. At the center of the device is ...