Glaciers are made of densely packed snow that's fallen in the same place over years and years. Each fresh fall of snow adds to the weight, crushing the layers of snow below, turning it into ice.

Relatives of the llama are dropping dung as they venture into higher elevations in the Andes Mountains, providing a ...

We might be able to tell when a volcano is about to erupt with the help of another natural wonder: glaciers. Glaciers that are within 3 miles of a volcano appear to move nearly 50 percent faster ...

Peyto Glacier in Banff National Park continues to melt at an alarming rate and may be gone in 10 years. John Pomeroy, one of ...

The biggest spike in glacier retreats was detected in 2016 ... ice fields and geographical location in the high North Atlantic make it especially sensitive to climate change.

Saving the world's shrinking glaciers is a 'survival strategy' for the planet, the U.N. said on Tuesday, a day after ...