The surface of Mars is known for being an extremely cold, desiccated, and irradiated place. But as its many surface features ...

These landscapes were shaped by massive glaciers. This U-shaped valley was formed by a huge glacier. Starting as a V-shaped river valley but as the glacier flowed down the snow and ice plucks and ...

“That tells us there was never any significant prior exposure to cosmic radiation since these glaciers formed during the last ice age.” Twenty years ago, researchers at the Quelccaya Ice Cap in Peru, ...

Melting ice sheets in Antarctica have become a cause for concern but scientists have found that one massive glacier is on an irreversible path to collapse. The Thwaites Glacier, ominously dubbed ...

AS the global community celebrates World Water Day 2025 on Saturday, with the theme: ‘Water and Climate Change: Preserving Glaciers’, it is critical to examine the significance of glaciers to ...