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A reconstruction of Ötzi on display at the South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology in the city of Bolzano in South Tyrol, Italy.

Ötzi the Iceman’s mummified corpse was found in an Alpine gully — but he didn’t die there, new study finds

By Tom Metcalfe published

A new study of the mummified body of Ötzi the Iceman questions the prevailing story of his death in the high Alps more than 5,000 years ago.

Human Behavior
One-third of World Heritage glaciers, including the Lyell Glacier in Yosemite National Park, will vanish in 30 years — and that's bad news for the world's freshwater supply.

Glaciers in Yellowstone and Yosemite on track to vanish within decades, UN report warns

By Michael Dhar last updated

A United Nations report warns of imperiled glaciers at iconic World Heritage sites — but climate action could save most of them.

Climate change
Due to climate change, glaciers near Mount Everest have lost ice mass. New analysis shows that the loss is even greater than expected.

Spy Satellite Images Uncover Staggering Mount Everest Ice Loss

By Mindy Weisberger last updated

Declassified spy-satellite photos show that the glaciers near Mount Everest are shrinking more than expected.

Planet Earth
A new study found hundreds of newfound microbes in melting glaciers, some of which could potentially be pathogenic.

Never-before-seen microbes locked in glacier ice could spark a wave of new pandemics if released

By Harry Baker published

Climate change just got even more terrifying.

Climate change
An iron arrowhead discovered at Sandgrovskaret, Norway in 2018.

Melting glaciers reveal 1,700-year-old weapons used by reindeer hunters

By Laura Geggel published

Archaeologists in Norway have found a handful of weapons and hunting blinds used by people more than 1,000 years ago.

Archaeology
A recent slowdown in the melting of Iceland’s glaciers is likely caused by a patch of unusually cold water in the North Atlantic Ocean, known as the "Blue Blob," "according to a new study.

Unusually cold 'Blue Blob' is slowing the rapid melting of Iceland's glaciers, but not for long

By Harry Baker published

A new study into a cold patch of the Arctic, known as the "Blue Blob," has shown that it is slowing the rate Iceland's glaciers are melting, but only for a few more decades.

Climate change
Ice calving from the fracture zone of a glacier crashes into the ocean in Greenland. Melting of such glacial ice is leading to the warping of Earth's crust.

Vanishing ice is warping Earth's crust

By Stephanie Pappas published

The melting of Earth's polar ice is warping the planet's crust. Here's how that's linked to climate change.

Climate Change
Scientists discovered this esker (a sedimentary cast of a meltwater channel formed beneath an ice sheet), in a tunnel valley beneath the North Sea floor. The landscape is shown in an image based on high-resolution 3D seismic data.

Spectacular valleys and cliffs hidden beneath the North Sea

By Stephanie Pappas published

Rivers & Oceans
Black ice worm on Mount Rainier.

Every year, billions of black ice worms crawl from the ice on Mount Rainier. We have no idea why.

By Cameron Duke published

Every summer, billions of ice worms emerge from the ice. As for what they are doing there, scientists really don't know.

Animals
A researcher samples snow covered with "glacier blood."

'Glacier blood' could be key to understanding impacts of climate change

By Nicoletta Lanese published

An expedition to the French Alps is revealing the biology of "glacier blood" and how it is impacted by climate change.

Climate change
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