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

As glaciers and ice sheets retreat, they are exposing objects, organisms, and landscapes that have been locked away for ...

FILE - Mount Rainier (14,410 ft.) is the highest volcano and largest glaciated mountain in the contiguous United States and a ...

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 ...

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

A mismatch between eco-friendly government rhetoric and polluting actions on the ground is exacerbating Tajikistan’s climate change vulnerability.

More than 12,000 years ago, as massive ice sheets that once blanketed much of North America began to retreat, they carved the dramatic landscapes we see today. Nowhere is this legacy more striking ...

The ice fields that give Washington’s Glacier Peak its name are disappearing, though few people may have noticed. Glacier Peak, the 10,541-foot high point of Snohomish County, is sometimes called ...