Glaciers have long been treated as symbols of permanence, yet scientists are now able to sketch a surprisingly precise window for when most of them will be gone. New modeling work suggests not only ...

For travelers drawn to the ends of the earth, Patagonia offers a raw, dramatic expanse of wilderness split between Chile and Argentina. Though both countries share this windswept region of glaciers, ...

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The calving was so drastic that it caused measurable earthquakes in the region. An Antarctic glacier has experienced a rapid retreat 10 times faster than previously measured, according to new research ...

The cloudy, sediment-laden meltwater from glaciers is a key source of nutrients for ocean life, but a new study suggests that as climate change causes many glaciers to shrink and retreat their ...

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Glaciers around the world are vanishing faster than ever before. Last year, all 58 global reference glaciers across five continents tracked by the American Meteorological Society lost mass for the ...

In the rugged North Cascade Mountains of Washington State, no one likely knows this glacier better than Mauri Pelto, who says, "My life has been shaped by this ice." For more than 40 years, Pelto, a ...

There are glaciers on every continent in the world (except Australia!), but they're disappearing slowly due to human caused climate change. They're much more important than you might realize to ...