The glacier’s retreat has been ongoing, but scientists believe within a few years it will be separated from Mendenhall Lake.

When massive blocks of ice detach from glaciers, it is known as calving. This process is one of the main ways that glaciers lose mass, and has long been a dramatic visualization of changes in ice ...

A recent video of an iceberg in Los Glaciares National Park in December shows the ice slowly flipping in the water until a bright blue color is revealed. The stunning video prompted many who viewed it ...

2024 is on track to be one of the warmest years, if not the warmest, in recorded history. That’s bad news for the world’s glaciers. Rising temperatures in the atmosphere and the oceans are causing ...

This figure shows the glacier front retreat rates between 1985 and 2023. The larger darker red circles indicate areas of greatest glacier loss. A new study has revealed the alarming extent glaciers ...

In one of Alaska’s most remote fjords, a small crew sails through icy waters before launching paddleboards toward a massive ...

Alaska may be known as the "Last Frontier," but it could easily have the nickname of the "Glacier State," considering it's one of the most glacier-filled regions in the world, with this type of icy ...

Nettles, M., Larsen, T. B., Elsegui, P., Hamilton, G. S., Stearns, L. A., Ahlstrm, A. P., Davis, J. L., Andersen, M. L., de Juan, J., Khan, S. A., Stenseng, L ...

New time-lapse videos of Earth’s glaciers and ice sheets as seen from space – some spanning nearly 50 years – are providing scientists with new insights into how the planet’s frozen regions are ...

One of the buzziest technologies in modern science may be running right under your feet. Fiber optic cables bring you the internet as data-rich pulses of light, but they also detect signals from the ...