The tiny ice inhabitants darken the glacier's surface, which can accelerate its melting. Glaciers are massive bodies of white ...

Around 10,000 years ago as the last Ice Age drew to a close, the drifting of the continent of North America, and spreading in the Atlantic Ocean, may have temporarily sped up—with a little help from ...

This is one of thousands of giant sinkholes, or moulins, in Greenland where water is draining through the ice sheet into the ... several “hot spots,” where glaciers flow into the sea.

As autumn settled over Antarctica, sea ice began its seasonal return, with NASA capturing striking images of new growth in ...

"Mini-trekking on the glacier ice was an unforgettable experience. The viewpoints and trails that have been set up just to see the glacier are excellent," raves one TripAdvisor user. El Calafate ...

But it could still have a major influence on Iceland over the next several hundred years, especially if glaciers begin to disappear at an accelerating rate. "Ice sheets in Greenland and West ...