This study out of the University of Houston points to a new theory that as North America began to split away, the Great Lakes ...

One of the biggest finds of the study details how features carved beneath the retreating ice sheet bear a striking resemblance to features formed by glaciers more recently. The submerged landforms ...

The 9,000 gigatons of ice lost since 1975 are equivalent to a piece of ice the size of Germany, 25 meters thick ...

Melting at an alarming rate, this majestic sight is forcing both scientists and locals to quickly adapt in a changing world A ...

The melting of glaciers, a direct effect of global warming, is accelerating and bringing serious consequences for people and ...

Himalayan glaciers are not just frozen reservoirs of water; they are the lifeblood of South Asia. These colossal ice masses feed major river systems, including the Ganges, Indus, and Brahmaputra, ...

(A moraine is a ridge of debris formed by a glacier.) About 11,700 years ago the lake breached the moraine near present-day Browns Valley at a place now called Traverse Gap. The flow of water and ...

Earth's 275,000 glaciers currently store around 70 per cent of the world's freshwater and are relied on by almost two billion people. But to mark World Glacier Day on Friday, scientists now warn ...

According to Union minister of state for Jal Shakti Raj Bhushan Choudhary, India has 9,575 glaciers, small and big, with the ...

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