Crevasses play an integral part in the life cycle of glaciers, and as they grow they hold the potential to further accelerate ...

The ranges and valleys of the Swiss Alps stand out in this image captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission in December 2024.

Scientists have, for the first time, observed a massive glacial lake outburst in East Greenland, releasing over 3,000 billion ...

By using a fiber-optic cable to detect tiny vibrations a mile below the surface, scientists discovered a surprising way that ...

New 3D maps of the Greenland Ice Sheet show how huge cracks in the ice that accelerate melting expanded between 2016 and 2021 ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — North America’s tallest peak is a focal point of Jeff King’s life. The four-time winner of the 1,000-mile (1,609-kilometer) Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race operates his ...

Given the number of satellite images available nowadays, we may not have the human resources to map every region ... glaciers across Svalbard have been shrinking significantly. We discovered a loss of ...

On a remote island in the Canadian Arctic, researchers have discovered the remains of an ancient glacier that could be over a million years old. The discovery represents what may be the oldest ...

Night - Cloudy with a 70% chance of precipitation. Winds variable at 14 to 27 mph (22.5 to 43.5 kph). The overnight low will be -12 °F (-24.4 °C). Cloudy with a high of 16 °F (-8.9 °C) and a ...

Access to all trails will begin at the Many Glacier Hotel upper parking lot, with maps and signs indicating detours around the construction zone. Hikers should be aware that detours may add up to ...

“The scale of glacier retreats over the past few decades is astonishing,” noted Dr. Tian Li, senior research associate in the Glaciology Centre at the University of Bristol. Svalbard’s northern ...