Glaciers move in mysterious ways, speeding up and slowing down as the seasons change. However, as India Today noted, scientists still don't fully understand what natural forces govern their movement.

Scientists warn Antarctica’s Doomsday Glacier is melting quicker than predicted. A radical plan is now on the table to slow ...

University of Idaho researchers have developed a mathematical model that simplifies the way scientists understand changes in glacier movement. This new approach demonstrates that diverse patterns of ...

One of Earth’s most dangerous glaciers has claimed a victim: a suite of instruments that became trapped deep within the ice.

We might be able to tell when a volcano is about to erupt with the help of another natural wonder: glaciers. Glaciers that are within 3 miles of a volcano appear to move nearly 50 percent faster than ...

Antarctica’s Hektoria Glacier may be considered small, but the amount of ice it has lost in record time is a really big deal. The glacier is about 115 square miles (or roughly the size of Philadelphia ...

From Greenland to the Himalayas, the planet's glaciers are shrinking. The status of these glaciers is a sign of the impending dangers associated with a warming climate. Temperatures are rising around ...

AMES, Iowa – Iowa State University’s Neal Iverson and an international team of researchers are working to help quantify the single biggest uncertainty in predicting how much glaciers will contribute ...