For nearly a decade, Leigh Stearns and collaborators aimed a laser scanner system at Greenland's Helheim Glacier. Their ...

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 ...

Researchers in Greenland used a 10-kilometer fiber-optic cable to track how iceberg calving stirs up warm seawater. The ...

A sudden, record-breaking glacier collapse in Antarctica is revealing how unseen forces beneath the ice could reshape the ...

A new study has revealed the alarming extent glaciers have shrunk over the past 40 years in a global warming hotspot for the first time—and the biggest retreat has occurred in recent years. The ...

1,000,000,000,000 tons. That’s one trillion, with a “t” at the start. And that’s how much A23a, aka the world’s largest iceberg, weighs. It spans across about 1,418-sqaure-miles, or about three times ...

Scientists uncover how a flat seabed triggered Hektoria Glacier’s record collapse, offering new warnings for Antarctica’s ice ...

It’s a rare sight to witness a glacier break apart and fall into the sea. But a handful of people were lucky enough to witness the extraordinary phenomena, recently, at the Bruggen Glacier in Chile. A ...