The new study highlights the importance of closely monitoring glacier surges and any lakes that subsequently form, in an effort to reduce potential future damage. Lead author, Dr. Harold Lovell ...

A team of Australian scientists are at the forefront of a groundbreaking mission to solve one of the planet's most pressing ...

They are found in the coldest places, in Polar regions and on mountains. Glaciers can form distinct landforms through erosion of the landscape such as corries. Glaciers also deposit material to ...

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 ...

A new study has revealed the alarming extent glaciers have shrunk over the past 40 years in a global warming hotspot for the first time—and the biggest retreat has occurred in recent years.