Scientists have some wild ideas to slow sea-level rise caused by melting ice. Glaciers generally move so slowly you can’t see their progress with the naked eye. (Their pace is … glacial.) ...

This is what produces the ice quakes.” This discovery shows that ice streams move with what Fichtner calls a “stick-slip” motion rather than always flowing smoothly like viscous honey. Glacier ice ...

This melting has implications for global climate indicators, ... Giant Ice Bulldozers: How Ancient Glaciers Helped Life Evolve Feb. 25, 2025 — New research has revealed how massive ancient ...

One of the most studied glaciers in Nepal, Yala Glacier, has been a benchmark for understanding glacial dynamics in the region since 1974. Currently, it is losing more than a metre of ice from its ...

Residents had little warning. By the time the disaster was over, more than 50 people had died. Juneau, Alaska, has been hit by several flash floods in recent years from a glacial lake dammed by ice on ...

Today, most of the remaining water on the surface is largely confined to its polar regions in the form of ice caps, permafrost, and subsurface glaciers. Nevertheless, the seasonal melting and ...

In this episode of the Explore Oregon Podcast, host Zach Urness interviews Salem ice climber Forrest "Frosty" Gill about the fun and challenge of ascending frozen waterfalls and ice flows across ...

China’s glacier area has shrunk by 26% since 1960 ... The Tibetan plateau is known as the world’s Third Pole for the amount of ice long locked in the high-altitude wilderness.

This is the result of glaciers pulling back from the sea and exposing previously ice-covered terrain. But while these dramatic shifts in geography might seem like an opportunity—especially for ...

But with record levels of ice melt and glacial disappearances in the Himalayan glacier count in Tibet and Hindu Kush glacier count in Xinjiang, there will be much lesser availability of freshwater ...