This was accompanied by unusually warm and ice-free seas. In addition to the long-term retreat, these glaciers also retreat in the summer and advance again in winter, often by several hundred metres.

Some coastal areas are already struggling to adapt to sea level rise, and millions of people around the world are at risk of ...

Study reveals rapid glacier loss in eastern Himalayas, impacting freshwater availability and increasing risk of glacial lake ...

Even though "glacial" is commonly used to describe extremely slow, steady movement, a new study has found that glaciers speed ...

Studying the interplay between volcanism and glaciation over the past 150 thousand years, scientists from the U.S. and Germany determined that mass unloading from the retreat of glaciers ...

Uncover the remarkable impact of vicuñas on barren landscapes in the Andes, as they facilitate the growth of plants through ...

In July, the Mount Rainier white-tailed ptarmigan was officially listed as threatened by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) under the Endangered Species Act (ESA), 14 years after the Center for ...

This was accompanied by unusually warm and ice-free seas. How ocean warming triggers glacier calving In addition to the long-term retreat, these glaciers also retreat in the summer and advance ...