By using a fiber-optic cable to detect tiny vibrations a mile below the surface, scientists discovered a surprising way that ...

The amount of ice that Greenland's glaciers dump into the Atlantic Ocean has almost doubled in the last five years because glaciers are moving faster, according to a new study.

The glacier gets so heavy that it begins to move downhill. Ice that has melted to water underneath helps the glacier to move. The glacier erodes - wears away - the corrie in two ways.

Totten has long been recognised as the fastest moving glacier in East Antarctica Once again the melting culprit is likely to be warm water that is being pulled up from the deep by shifting sea-ice ...

Eventually it creates a sort of moving river of ice, called a glacier. The ice does not melt much at high altitudes, but does when it moves down to warmer levels. Usually there is a balance ...

Glaciers are large masses of frozen ice that move slowly downhill. As glaciers move, they wear away the surrounding land through erosion. Glaciers sometimes transport material over long distances ...

Jakobshavn is one of the world’s fastest-moving glaciers. It alone accounted for a significant chunk of the increase in the rate that sea levels have risen over the 20th century. The 110,000 ...

Glaciers are massive ice bodies that move under the force of gravity. They form where the accumulation of snow exceeds its ablation. Over time, snow compacts into firn—partially compacted ...

SYOWA STATION, Antarctica--Researchers say an underwater hot spot, where warm seawater runs under one of the fastest moving glaciers in Antarctica, is causing the ice to melt faster. The new ...

Matterhorn, one of Europe's tallest peaks, located in the Alps on the border between Italy and Switzerland, is eroding as a result of melting glacier water at the summit. In the 88 years between ...