In a little over two weeks, more than 3,000 billion liters of water recently flooded out of an ice-dammed lake in East Greenland. It’s the first time scientists have closely documented such an ...

During the last Ice Age, about 26,000 years ago, ... If there’s water underneath the glacier, he said, then it’s more likely to leave behind fjords or narrow bodies of water.

Tristan Duke uses Arctic ice and a unique technique to offer a fresh perspective on a world transformed by climate change.

We are part of The Trust Project. FARGO — During the last ice age, so much of the planet's water was locked up in glaciers that sea levels sank to significantly lower levels than today's. At the ...

The ice sheet ultimately gave way to the pressure of the water, and glacial Lake Missoula drained catastrophically. It’s estimated that the biggest flood discharge reached 386 million cubic feet ...

Jared Wildenradt has hiked the Ice AgeTrail nine times. Lisa Siewert is mapping the geologic highlights of the path. They share favorite segments.

WEST GLACIER, Mont. The river of ice that hugs Mount Grinnell’s high ridges is neither big nor particularly beautiful, but it may be the most accessible glacier in all of North America.

While the word “glacier” may conjure up images of white slopes and snowy expanses, rock glaciers are big masses of flowing ice that are covered up by, well, rocks. Sponsor Message ...