In 1952, 52 servicemen died in a plane crash in Alaska’s Chugach Mountains. The discovery of their bodies may have been aided ...

Antarctica’s Hektoria Glacier stunned scientists by retreating eight kilometers in just two months, with nearly half of it ...

For scientists who study the Southern Ocean, a long-standing silver lining in the gloomy forecast of climate change has been the theory of iron fertilization. As temperatures rise and glaciers in ...

Satellite-based radar images show where a powerful earthquake in the Yukon, Canada, sent rock, snow, and ice spilling across ...

Snow leopards live in the high mountains of Central Asia. Discover key facts about their habitat, behavior, threats, and ...

New research sheds light on what drives reddish water to emerge from underground to pour onto the Taylor Glacier.

Mountain goat populations in Glacier National Park have plummeted sharply in recent years, according to new research on the iconic species that lives in the park’s mountainous terrain. “This is the ...

Norwegian archaeologists documented a 1,500-year-old wooden mass-capture reindeer hunting facility emerging from melting ice on Aurlandsfjellet, underscoring exceptional preservation and research ...

A new analysis of mineral grains has refuted the "glacial transport theory" that suggests Stonehenge's bluestones and Altar Stone were delivered to Salisbury Plain by glaciers. When you purchase ...

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Recent research has led scientists to new conclusions about the fastest melting glacier in Antarctica. Some are reassuring, others the opposite. By Raymond Zhong Scientists have never loved the scary ...

A powerful swarm of earthquakes in January suggested one of Iceland’s giant “ice volcanoes” may be awakening after a decade of slumber. In the months that followed, more earthquakes have rocked the ...