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 ...

This is a developing story. Update, 6:15 p.m. Thursday: A portion of the face of the Mendenhall Glacier collapsed into Mendenhall Lake on Thursday, prompting a further warning from the U.S. Forest ...

When the edge of a Greenland glacier breaks off into the sea to become an iceberg, can a global seismic network “hear” it?

PERITO MORENO GLACIER, Argentina (Reuters) -The deep cracking sound bursting from within the ice signals the dramatic fall about to happen. Seconds later, a block of ice some 70 meters (230 ft) tall - ...

Northeast Greenland is home to the 79 N Glacier -- the country's largest floating glacier tongue, but also one seriously threatened by global warming: warm water from the Atlantic is melting it from ...

On Greenland’s coast, glaciers meet the sea in narrow fjords that have been carved over hundreds of thousands of years. Ice cliffs tower hundreds of meters high. At a glacier’s terminus, where those ...

The U.S. Forest Service warned residents on Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025 of a large crack in the Mendenhall Glacier that may cause significant calving. The U.S. Forest Service is warning Juneau residents to ...

(Gray News) – Scientists said earthquakes have been shaking the Antarctic’s Thwaites Glacier, also known as the Doomsday Glacier. According to a study published last month, ice that has accumulated in ...

Amid the chilling silence of some of the coldest places on Earth, nature makes itself heard. A colossal iceberg breaks into pieces with incredible force before crashing into the waters below with a ...

Erin Pettit and researchers at Oregon State University were set to find out. They’ve been studying melting glaciers by dropping hydrophones — specialized underwater microphones — into the water near ...