The course will give an insight into modern research methods, including field methods, numerical landscape modelling and theoretical approaches to understanding processes and impacts of meteorology ...

Our study presents a detailed rock glacier inventory for the western ... glaciers across the study area also indicates widespread periglacial permafrost, and the present inventory of rock glaciers ...

Other applicants, please register for GEO4410 – Glacial and Periglacial Geomorphology. The course is offered irregularly and is related to particular activities at the Department of Geosciences. The ...

Two satellite photos taken 33 years apart show the disappearance of a glacier in Iceland that was the first ice mass to be declared dead as a result of human-caused climate change. Okjökull was a ...

Mauna Kea once had a large glacier that was about 70 square kilometers in size. Peter Clark, a professor of geosciences at Oregon State University, explained, “Mauna Kea had a large glacial ice ...

The first World Day for Glaciers is less a celebration than a reckoning as years of record, rapid glacier retreat means many will not survive the 21st century. https ...

Photographs of the Rhône glacier and the attempts to save it Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art In 2019, researchers installed a memorial for the first Icelandic glacier to disappear due to ...

Water from the melting ice often drains into depressions once occupied by the glacier, creating large lakes. Many of these expanding lakes are held in place by precarious ice dams or rock moraines ...

UNESCO report highlights record glacial mass loss since 1975 Glacial melt accelerates sea level rise, risking floods and water shortages Indigenous African community faces spiritual and practical ...

I grew up in Kalispell, Montana, about 40 minutes from the west entrance of Glacier National Park. After visiting the park, I recommend visiting Flathead Lake or Whitefish Mountain Resort.

As the meltwater refreezes, it can warm the snow by several degrees, creating glacier ice that is much closer to the melting point than has previously been realized. If they are right, this is a ...