Latest about glaciers
In Photos: The Vanishing Ice of Baffin Island
As the ice caps on Baffin Island shrink, the landscape beneath is seeing the light of day for the first time in perhaps 120,000 years. Here’s a look at the stark and humbling beauty.
What Are the Different Types of Ice Formations Found on Earth?
Glaciers, icebergs and sea ice, oh, my — exploring the different types of ice found on planet Earth.
Huge Layers of Rocks on Early Earth Vanished. And Stealthy Scientists May Have Finally Found Them.
Hundreds of millions of years of missing sedimentary rock may have been bulldozed away by the glaciers of Snowball Earth.
Antarctica: The Ice-Covered Bottom of the World (Photos)
Here's a look at the southernmost continent, a place of extremes.
Glaciers Created a Huge 'Flour' Dust Storm in Greenland
If you're in Greenland and a strange cloud darkens the sky, that cloud might be made up of something scientists call "glacier flour."
Antarctica's Pine Island Glacier Just Lost Enough Ice to Cover Manhattan 5 Times Over
An enormous iceberg about five times the size of Manhattan broke off Antarctica's Pine Island Glacier yesterday (Oct. 29), a mere month after a crack first appeared, satellite imagery shows.
Why Does This Glacier Near Everest Make Loud Booming Sounds at Night?
Each night, the glacier made noises loud enough to keep a team of scientists camping on its surface awake. They figured out why.
Planet Earth Wobbles As It Spins, and Now Scientists Know Why
Turns out, humans are shifting the planet's spin.
