Scientists say glacier engineering could be a potential stopgap as the Earth passes a critical climate milestone. Others aren ...

Even though 'glacial' is commonly used to describe extremely slow, steady movement, a new study has found that glaciers speed up and slow down on a daily -- even hourly -- basis in response to ...

Plucking – sometimes rocks get frozen to the base, sides and back wall of the glacier. The movement of the glacier pulls these frozen rocks away. Abrasion – rocks trapped in the glacier rub ...

Joint Press Release by Hokkaido University and the National Institute of Polar Research (NIPR).Detailed study of a Greenland ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Satellite imagery has been used to track the evolution of a glacier lake formed by the Shisper Glacier surge in the Karakoram range. The glacier's movement ...

The ring-shear device in Neal Iverson's laboratory. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for ...

To better understand the melting (ablation) of the Glacier, MTRI designed and fabricated a device to record glacier melt and movement. The instrument, deployed on the ice, recorded temperature, ...

Crevasses are wedge-shaped fractures or cracks that open in glaciers where ice begins to flow faster. The research team says ...