In the near future, Juneau’s Mendenhall Glacier will withdraw its icy toe from the lake of its making, scientists say. “The ...

A recent video of an iceberg in Los Glaciares National Park in December shows the ice slowly flipping in the water until a bright blue color is revealed. The stunning video prompted many who viewed it ...

A large chunk of ice broke off in spectacular fashion from the Bruggen Glacier in southern Chile, recent video shows. This footage captured by Ralph Velasco shows the huge chunk crashing into the ...

When massive blocks of ice detach from glaciers, it is known as calving. This process is one of the main ways that glaciers lose mass, and has long been a dramatic visualization of changes in ice ...

The Hans Glacier in Svalbard, Norway, in August 2013. Recordings at this glacier reveal that different ice-loss events have distinctive acoustic signals. To estimate the amount of ice sloughing off ...

Satellite images reveal a new island in Alaska's Alsek Lake, formed as retreating glaciers reshape the landscape.

Recent satellite images show that a new island ... the separation of Prow Knob from the Alsek creation now makes glacial calving more likely in the region. Many of the most dynamic landscapes in the ...

Scientists are keeping a close eye on the Antarctic ice shelf as recent activity could soon cause rapid melting and rising sea levels. The sea ice in Antarctica has likely met its minimum extent for ...