Scientists from Norway and the United States have discovered an unexpected cause behind the melting of Europe's third largest ...

Glacier ice has great erosive power removing ... They get cut off so while erosion makes the main valley deeper and deeper, the smaller valley is left hanging higher up above the valley floor.

“It had been hypothesized that widespread glacial erosion of continental interiors could be caused by the Snowball Earth ice,” said Kirkland, a professor in the School of Earth and Planetary ...

This year’s theme emphasizes Glacier Preservation, as they are vital for Earth’s water balance and ecosystems.

On the night of October 3-4, 2023, thousands of people living along the Teesta River in Sikkim and West Bengal, India, had to ...

At 5 100 meters above sea level, the air around Bolivia's Huayna Potosí glacier is thin, brittle with altitude. The wind ...

where glacial deposits are more general, forty inches. Chalk soils of southern England are the thinnest, averaging only ten inches. On all these upland soils erosion, though not conspicuous ...

The wind slices across the Western Huayna Potosí Glacier in slow, sweeping currents, brushing over brittle ice and bare stone ...

Mendenhall Glacier Ice Cave is just one of its many wonders. The cave has developed over years of erosion and recession. It’s beautiful blue color comes from the one color on the color spectrum ...