The breaking off of large chunks of ice from glaciers accelerates the melting of the Arctic ice sheet in Greenland. This has been measured for the first time by a research team using fibre optics.

Morteratsch is one of the most studied glaciers in the world, thanks to its accessibility and its dramatic retreat, more than ...

The Greenland ice sheet is melting at an increasing rate, a process accelerated by glacier calving, in which huge chunks of ...

Experts studying the Alaskan landslide and tsunami say rapid glacier melt is causing similar geo-hazards here in B.C.

A new study warns that rising sea levels could threaten Easter Island’s iconic moai statues by the end of the century.