Scientists believe that the motion of Earth's continents through plate tectonics has been largely steady over millions of years. New research, however, suggests this drift can speed up or slow down ...

While glaciers in the Alps have been retreating since the end of the Ice Age, the pace of their melting ... False-color Landsat satellite images showcase the heavily visited Rhône Glacier and ...

As the last Ice Age came to an end nearly 10,000 years ago, something unexpected happened deep beneath Earth’s surface. Large glaciers began to melt. The sea levels rose quickly—about 1 ...

New images from ... during the last glacial period, known as the Middle Pleistocene Transition (MPT), which lasted from 1.3 ...

Here, deep into the Arctic Circle and midway between Norway and the north pole, he is investigating the health of the glaciers ... photos, you see that they don’t have any sea ice and not ...

A fast-moving glacier in West Antarctica is “stealing” ice from its neighbor in a newly observed case of ice piracy.

The deep cracking sound bursting from within the ice signals the dramatic fall about to happen. Seconds later, a block of ice ...

All told, the ice field has shed a quarter of its volume since the late 18th century, which was part of a period of glacial expansion known as the Little Ice Age. As societies add more and more ...

Think snow and ice can't exist outside of the winter season? Think again. At any given time and season, various forms of ice—including glaciers, ice sheets, and sea ice—cover about 10% of ...