Falling masses of heavy ice pose catastrophic dangers to any residents living in their path — loss of lives, of homes, and ...

Svalbard’s vast glaciers flow endlessly toward the Arctic Ocean, carving the land, shaping the climate, and defining the ...

Columbia Crest, the large glacier that caps Mount Rainier, has dropped about 20 feet, exposing rock that is now, technically, ...

Researchers bundled in down jackets toiled around the clock in these snowy tunnels as a massive drill rig churned downward to ...

Fast-moving ocean motions under the Antarctic ice act like storms and melt ice quickly. These forces could speed up sea-level ...

A team of researchers studied a series of glacial collapses that happened roughly 9,000 years ago to determine the cause ...

A new study led by scientists at the University of Manitoba’s Centre for Earth Observation Science offers the most ...

Each April, a small crew of Glacier National Park workers plows through snowdrifts that can rise taller than a house along ...

A hiker discovered a reindeer trap emerging from melting ice in western Norway. Hunting accoutrement followed.

Coloe Fossae was shaped by powerful tectonics, which stretched and cracked Mars's crust, causing chunks of ground to collapse ...

Researchers in Greenland used a 10-kilometer fiber-optic cable to track how iceberg calving stirs up warm seawater. The ...

The first major blast of wintry weather in the U.S. this week brought snow, frigid temperatures and in some places something ...