For half a century, it has been the one known Alaskan glacier to withstand the effects of climate change—until now.
Published Nov 5, 2019
One of the highest mountain reliefs on Earth can be found in this tiny country sandwiched between eastern India and the Tibetan plateau,
Published Oct 11, 2005
Currently 30.2 km long and between 0.5 and 2.5 km wide, Gangotri glacier is one of the largest in the Himalaya. Gangotri has been receding since 1780, although studies show its retreat quickened after 1971.
Published Jun 23, 2004
The retreat of one of Austria’s largest glaciers has stranded some of its tributaries, now classified as separate glaciers.
Published Jul 3, 2015
One branch of Alaska’s Columbia Glacier seems to have retreated as far as it can, while the other still has some distance to go.
Published Aug 29, 2019
The glacier atop Iceland’s Ok volcano was declared dead in 2014. Satellite images show the latter stages of its decline.
Published Aug 9, 2019
Melting and thinning of high-mountain glaciers makes them flow less due to gravity.
Published Dec 14, 2018
The looping medial moraines on Tajikistan’s Bivachny glacier offer a clue of periods when it surged rapidly forward.
Published Mar 17, 2015
A piedmont-type glacier fans out across a plain in northeast Greenland.
Published Feb 20, 2015
With satellite eyes, the complex motion of glaciers becomes apparent.
Published Jan 7, 2016
While most glaciers in southeast Alaska are losing an astounding amount of ice, this glacier has been relatively stable.
Published Jun 30, 2020
The Tracy and Heilprin Glaciers may not be Greenland’s largest, but they are retreating fast.
Published Apr 8, 2018
NIWA scientists stated that this glacier had retreated by 5 kilometers (about 3 miles) over the previous three decades. They also stated that New Zealand glaciers on the whole had lost 5.8 cubic kilometers (roughly 1.4 cubic miles) over the same time period.
Published Jan 27, 2008
