The Alpine glaciers formation is in a strong negative phase globally. Passu Glacier in Gojal Hunza is retreating rapidly. The ...

Between May and September this year, avalanches, landslides and flashfloods tore through mountain communities in Switzerland, ...

Blacksburg, Va. -- Intense glacial erosion has not only carved the surface of the highest coastal mountain range on earth, the spectacular St. Elias range in Alaska, but has elicited a structural ...

Forbes, J. D. Account of a survey of the Mer de Glace and its environs.--Davis, W. M. Glacial erosion in France, Switzerland, and Norway.--Johnson, W. D. The profile of maturity in Alpine glacial ...

A team of researchers led by the University of Arizona (UArizona) conducted a radar “body scan” of Alaska’s Malaspina Glacier, which is the largest piedmont glacier in the world, and revealed interior ...

EAST LANSING, Mich. – Glaciers, it turns out, aren't so different from people – they can gain weight in their bottoms and be less active, scientists have discovered. Glaciers, the heavyweights of ...

Glaciers have carved some of Earth’s most beautiful landscapes by steepening and deepening valleys through erosion. Think of the Scottish Highlands, Yosemite National Park in the US, or the Norwegian ...

Earth has experienced significant changes in its climate over the past ~2.6 million years (the Quaternary) with a series of glacial and interglacial cycles that have transformed our landscapes. This ...

Glaciers are formed from snow that accumulated without melting for years. They descend mountain slopes under the effect of ...

Ancient glaciers reshaped Earth’s surface and shifted ocean chemistry, fueling the rise of complex life, a new study found. Calved icebergs from the Twin Glaciers are seen in 2013 off Greenland's ...

A big chill 2 million years ago bred glaciers that scoured mountains across the planet, pouring trillions of tons of muck into the oceans, researchers said today (Dec. 18) in a study published in the ...

Because of Mars’ unique conditions, its ancient glaciers likely flowed very slowly, according to a new study in the Geophysical Research Letters. NASA/JPL-Caltech/UofA According to the USGS definition ...