Pink boulders led scientists to a massive granite formation buried under Antarctica’s ice, solving a decades-old geological ...

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Rock flour is the fine powder that results from glaciers grinding stone into dust. The substance has been seen in vast quantities in Greenland and it is "finer than most sand found on a beach," said ...

Here, you can see how the glacier flour is distributed across the test plots. Subsequently, the glacier flour has been plowed into the soil, and grass has been sown across the entire field. New ...

Rock glaciers have also proven to be more resilient to changes like elevation-dependent warming, which means that the mountains are warming faster than lowlands. That’s, on average, 0.08 degrees ...

Many, many tons of glacial rock flour are created every year. And surprisingly, the rock flour is good for the environment. Crumbly rock, called glacial rock flour, is one of the byproducts of climate ...

A trove of ancient rocks collected from glacial moraines has literally revealed the deep story of one of the most underexplored environments on the planet—the rocks and mountain belts hidden beneath ...

Arlington, Va.– Scientists have discovered evidence of microbial activity in a rock glacier high above tree line in the Rocky Mountains, a barren environment previously thought to be devoid of life.

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Swiss authorities say huge amounts of rock and ice from a glacier that collapsed in the Alps are hampering emergency services - Copyright AFP - Swiss authorities say ...

The western glacier stonefly lives in extremely cold waters below glaciers in high-elevation streams in Wyoming and Montana. New research has discovered the western glacier stonefly -- Wyoming’s only ...