Alaska’s lakes are expanding rapidly as glaciers retreat and scientists say the changes could bring some benefits.

When we think of ice on Mars, we typically think of the poles, where we can see it visibly through probes and even ground-based telescopes. But the poles are hard to access, and even more so given the ...

When a chunk of ice breaks off a glacier, that’s called calving. That can happen if the glacier gets warm or some other force makes a piece split off. The end of the glacier – where the iceberg slides ...

We might be able to tell when a volcano is about to erupt with the help of another natural wonder: glaciers. Glaciers that are within 3 miles of a volcano appear to move nearly 50 percent faster than ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For as long as there have been people in what is now California, the granite peaks of the Sierra Nevada have held masses of ice, ...

Rising global temperatures break glaciers apart and force them to shrink at a pace the world can no longer ignore. On March 21, the United ... Read more The post World Day of Glaciers urges action to ...