<![CDATA[ Latest from Live Science in Glaciers ]]> https://www.livescience.com/tag/glaciers Fri, 14 Nov 2025 11:00:00 +0000 en <![CDATA[ Archaeologists discover 1,500-year-old reindeer trap and other artifacts 'melting out of the ice' in Norway's mountains ]]> https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/archaeologists-discover-1-500-year-old-reindeer-trap-and-other-artifacts-melting-out-of-the-ice-in-norways-mountains 7WB4bwYLCp3XL8wAGpNTaf Fri, 14 Nov 2025 11:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ Yosemite's glaciers have survived 20,000 years — but we could be the first people to see Sierra Nevada ice-free ]]> https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/climate-change/yosemites-glaciers-have-survived-20-000-years-but-we-could-be-the-first-people-to-see-sierra-nevada-ice-free MFh5agj4FZwJbvdXcm5T9J Wed, 01 Oct 2025 17:00:00 +0000 Thu, 02 Oct 2025 15:40:13 +0000 <![CDATA[ Glaciers across North America and Europe have lost an 'unprecedented' amount of ice in the past 4 years ]]> https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/climate-change/glaciers-across-north-america-and-europe-have-lost-an-unprecedented-amount-of-ice-in-the-past-4-years RuvZo2P5JqXFDokdqfbeSh Wed, 06 Aug 2025 10:48:32 +0000 <![CDATA[ Ancient whale 'graveyard' discovered under melting Russian glacier ]]> https://www.livescience.com/animals/whales/ancient-whale-graveyard-discovered-under-melting-russian-glacier J6fCdfMQrmvDwYAbYrgi77 Thu, 24 Jul 2025 15:39:50 +0000 <![CDATA[ Trio of stripy glaciers merging in 'Earth's highest battleground' are part of a major anomaly scientists don't fully understand — Earth from space ]]> https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/trio-of-stripy-glaciers-merging-in-earths-highest-battleground-are-part-of-a-major-anomaly-scientists-dont-fully-understand-earth-from-space p2VgCamrq4UdAGdBF5njjL Tue, 22 Jul 2025 07:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ The North Pole could shift 90 feet west by 2100 ]]> https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/climate-change/the-north-pole-could-shift-90-feet-west-by-2100 AqV6bAT3pucmyCgKof8Hd5 Fri, 18 Apr 2025 15:24:11 +0000 Tue, 22 Apr 2025 08:59:17 +0000 <![CDATA[ World's glaciers are losing enough ice to fill 3 Olympic pools every second, terrifying new study finds ]]> https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/climate-change/worlds-glaciers-are-losing-enough-ice-to-fill-3-olympic-pools-every-second-terrifying-new-study-finds BXgo4BJva3eiReEZSeSyPC Wed, 19 Feb 2025 16:05:34 +0000 <![CDATA[ Diamond Beach: Iceland's spellbinding black sand beach covered in sparkling ice jewels ]]> https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/rivers-oceans/diamond-beach-icelands-spellbinding-black-sand-beach-covered-in-sparkling-ice-jewels Jq5qnFPvUCG7ajFmdN9bSZ Fri, 25 Oct 2024 12:00:00 +0000 Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:07:12 +0000 <![CDATA[ Ancient viral genomes plucked from glaciers reveal how pathogens have adapted to Earth's shifting climate ]]> https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/climate-change/ancient-viral-genomes-preserved-in-glaciers-reveal-the-history-of-earth-s-climate-and-how-viruses-adapt-to-climate-change m7v3gaWTDBxa7mCpPwnM57 Thu, 29 Aug 2024 13:51:09 +0000 Fri, 23 May 2025 13:29:17 +0000 <![CDATA[ 'Doomsday glacier' won't collapse the way we thought, new study suggests ]]> https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/antarctica/thwaites-glacier-won-t-collapse-like-dominoes-as-feared-study-finds-but-that-doesn-t-mean-the-doomsday-glacier-is-stable kPFHr7KSWGnTqgUiiQWCZT Fri, 23 Aug 2024 20:00:00 +0000 Fri, 08 Aug 2025 10:35:54 +0000 <![CDATA[ 'Golden spike' showing the moment Earth turned into a giant snowball discovered in ancient Scottish rocks ]]> https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/geology/golden-spike-showing-the-moment-earth-turned-into-a-giant-snowball-discovered-in-ancient-scottish-rocks GNu8TrqTV8RTgXJnbgRZom Thu, 15 Aug 2024 22:01:00 +0000 Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:06:27 +0000 <![CDATA[ Will we have more earthquakes because of climate change? ]]> https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/earthquakes/will-we-have-more-earthquakes-because-of-climate-change z9EcryNaLSBUEJVv7fFo3V Tue, 09 Jul 2024 20:24:00 +0000 Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:06:01 +0000 <![CDATA[ How much water is in Earth's crust? ]]> https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/geology/how-much-water-is-in-earths-crust ijTrKEzy2zDYGGLhaHgjac Sat, 09 Mar 2024 10:00:00 +0000 Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:04:37 +0000 <![CDATA[ Greenland is losing so much ice it's getting taller ]]> https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/climate-change/greenland-is-losing-so-much-ice-its-getting-taller RhT6NiKdywXfnSHzZxusGT Thu, 08 Feb 2024 12:00:00 +0000 Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:04:16 +0000 <![CDATA[ Mercury may have a 'potentially habitable' region below its surface, salty glaciers suggest ]]> https://www.livescience.com/space/mercury/mercury-may-have-a-potentially-habitable-region-below-its-surface-salty-glaciers-suggest c9NeHpECMJrLdVTUNrymGm Tue, 05 Dec 2023 10:00:00 +0000 Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:03:30 +0000 <![CDATA[ Lava outburst 3 times the size of Texas may have triggered Snowball Earth 717 million years ago ]]> https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/volcanos/lava-outburst-3-times-the-size-of-texas-may-have-triggered-snowball-earth-717-million-years-ago GjahosQ8SNGvUFdS8QzcM Mon, 24 Jul 2023 13:58:56 +0000 Fri, 13 Feb 2026 13:30:55 +0000 <![CDATA[ Why did the last ice age end? ]]> https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/geology/why-did-the-last-ice-age-end SPTb4j9SLbJiXrmi4NDSjB Sat, 24 Jun 2023 09:00:00 +0000 Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:01:42 +0000 <![CDATA[ 25 things found frozen in Europe's mountain ice ]]> https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/25-things-found-frozen-in-europes-mountain-ice xyanuonUq6PSM7omv8FGre Mon, 17 Apr 2023 11:00:48 +0000 Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:01:03 +0000 <![CDATA[ Antarctica's sea ice reaches its lowest level since records began, for the 2nd year in a row ]]> https://www.livescience.com/antarcticas-sea-ice-reaches-its-lowest-level-since-records-began-for-the-2nd-year-in-a-row rojdxboFZ8BwCEXoyJXgRY Wed, 08 Mar 2023 15:11:38 +0000 Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:00:38 +0000 <![CDATA[ Bering Land Bridge was only passable during 2 brief windows, study finds ]]> https://www.livescience.com/bering-land-bridge-was-only-passable-during-2-brief-windows-study-finds hhnGZh4b9cdH8TmHttdwp5 Thu, 09 Feb 2023 15:29:20 +0000 Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:00:21 +0000 <![CDATA[ 10 amazing discoveries from Antarctica in 2022 ]]> https://www.livescience.com/top-antarctica-stories-2022 GnukNk96sHB5FUeVv5MwUD Fri, 30 Dec 2022 13:00:25 +0000 Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:00:02 +0000 <![CDATA[ Ötzi the Iceman’s mummified corpse was found in an Alpine gully — but he didn’t die there, new study finds ]]> https://www.livescience.com/otzi-iceman-death-revisited dCCVxLnwt5y2j4Qn9C3npj Wed, 23 Nov 2022 12:02:00 +0000 Tue, 25 Mar 2025 16:59:48 +0000 <![CDATA[ Glaciers in Yellowstone and Yosemite on track to vanish within decades, UN report warns ]]> https://www.livescience.com/glacier-loss-world-heritage-sites-2050 cMNN2rQHgWcKhfHRmk4hSa Thu, 10 Nov 2022 12:00:00 +0000 Tue, 20 Jan 2026 15:22:07 +0000 <![CDATA[ Never-before-seen microbes locked in glacier ice could spark a wave of new pandemics if released ]]> https://www.livescience.com/hundreds-of-new-microbes-found-in-melting-glaciers mcFpEDXBtPrruFdqAfRvK4 Thu, 30 Jun 2022 16:34:43 +0000 Fri, 13 Feb 2026 12:20:35 +0000 <![CDATA[ Melting glaciers reveal 1,700-year-old weapons used by reindeer hunters ]]> https://www.livescience.com/melting-glaciers-reveal-weapons-hunting-blinds AWvu2Jt25uPN54f8pTyKK8 Sun, 13 Mar 2022 13:11:26 +0000 Tue, 25 Mar 2025 16:56:46 +0000 <![CDATA[ Unusually cold 'Blue Blob' is slowing the rapid melting of Iceland's glaciers, but not for long ]]> https://www.livescience.com/blue-blob-slows-melting-of-iceland-glaciers 9h74qVf6ADHMfS2kro82Q9 Thu, 17 Feb 2022 14:07:54 +0000 Tue, 20 Jan 2026 14:54:05 +0000 <![CDATA[ Vanishing ice is warping Earth's crust ]]> https://www.livescience.com/melting-ice-warps-earth-crust viuyXpsTNNYZpaSmdjibY8 Tue, 28 Sep 2021 15:26:11 +0000 Tue, 20 Jan 2026 14:30:34 +0000 <![CDATA[ Spectacular valleys and cliffs hidden beneath the North Sea ]]> https://www.livescience.com/north-sea-ice-age-tunnel-valleys.html qLxqzCGAowBaqWGeHrjFtY Fri, 10 Sep 2021 11:29:00 +0000 Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:59:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ Every year, billions of black ice worms crawl from the ice on Mount Rainier. We have no idea why. ]]> https://www.livescience.com/black-ice-worms-mount-rainier.html KL7LM74AzDQdR9QnSuRmL8 Wed, 25 Aug 2021 11:00:00 +0000 Tue, 25 Mar 2025 16:54:24 +0000 <![CDATA[ 'Glacier blood' could be key to understanding impacts of climate change ]]> https://www.livescience.com/glacier-blood-microalgae-expedition.html Rtqmz33Ruum63LhWyLSvoV Mon, 07 Jun 2021 12:24:03 +0000 Tue, 20 Jan 2026 15:18:13 +0000 <![CDATA[ Study of nearly every glacier on Earth shows ice loss is speeding up ]]> https://www.livescience.com/glacier-mass-loss-estimate-two-decades.html zafTj83hVUUBK7YrMPvbiN Wed, 28 Apr 2021 15:10:30 +0000 Tue, 20 Jan 2026 15:21:12 +0000 <![CDATA[ Greenland ice melt is changing the shape of its coastline ]]> https://www.livescience.com/greenland-coastline-reshaped-by-ice-melt.html Cb4Uf4AKNedvXoKXPTCFzg Wed, 28 Oct 2020 17:53:39 +0000 Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:10:10 +0000 <![CDATA[ Ice melt in Alaska threatens to unleash unprecedented 'mega-tsunami,' scientists warn ]]> https://www.livescience.com/alaska-ice-melt-mega-tsunami-warning.html Y28XCzgJ2W3fiEcj9EaQwT Mon, 19 Oct 2020 12:30:25 +0000 Fri, 13 Feb 2026 13:47:08 +0000 <![CDATA[ Visit NYC in 750 million B.C. with this epic interactive map ]]> https://www.livescience.com/earth-millions-years-ago-interactive.html kvnPhXR3g9549QrrBusMbg Wed, 02 Sep 2020 18:57:10 +0000 Tue, 20 Jan 2026 14:34:25 +0000 <![CDATA[ Nothing will stop Greenland's ice sheet from shrinking now ]]> https://www.livescience.com/greenland-melt-point-of-no-return.html yQqiAVFq4jJXZf5Ya4Qsj9 Mon, 17 Aug 2020 17:39:40 +0000 Tue, 20 Jan 2026 14:32:57 +0000 <![CDATA[ Two Canadian ice caps have completely vanished from the Arctic, NASA imagery shows ]]> https://www.livescience.com/canadian-ice-caps-melted.html CxViuTmXhLRSanz9zqoyTM Mon, 03 Aug 2020 21:02:52 +0000 Tue, 20 Jan 2026 14:32:50 +0000 <![CDATA[ Pink 'watermelon snow' threatens major Italian glacier ]]> https://www.livescience.com/presena-glacier-pink-ice.html pJiuSnh47dBvdzquBciDk4 Thu, 09 Jul 2020 12:35:30 +0000 Tue, 25 Mar 2025 16:54:38 +0000 <![CDATA[ Viking 'treasure' of rare artifacts revealed on a long-lost mountain trail ]]> https://www.livescience.com/viking-treasure-lost-mountain-trail.html hYckgXbFnGRHpNEvYxNvxm Sat, 16 May 2020 12:52:37 +0000 Tue, 25 Mar 2025 16:54:42 +0000 <![CDATA[ See record-high temperatures strip Antarctica of huge amounts of ice ]]> https://www.livescience.com/antarctica-island-melting-ice.html ELaY4vHhXAR2ibXTz5Ms84 Mon, 24 Feb 2020 12:57:52 +0000 Tue, 20 Jan 2026 15:20:15 +0000 <![CDATA[ Russian explorers discovered Antarctica 200 years ago. What we've learned about Earth's coldest continent. ]]> https://www.livescience.com/antarctica-discovered-200-years-ago-exploration.html E89AtXUZMx3qdUWxJ2E2xg Mon, 27 Jan 2020 16:58:05 +0000 Tue, 22 Apr 2025 08:20:37 +0000 <![CDATA[ Ancient never-before-seen viruses discovered locked up in Tibetan glacier ]]> https://www.livescience.com/unknown-viruses-discovered-tibetan-glacier.html Q8pMdogaeodeCeuzVzkHm8 Wed, 22 Jan 2020 12:29:13 +0000 Tue, 25 Mar 2025 16:57:33 +0000 <![CDATA[ Spy Satellite Images Uncover Staggering Mount Everest Ice Loss ]]> https://www.livescience.com/melting-everest-glaciers.html d2yLASyEwvrDPAxdGZ6foF Wed, 15 Jan 2020 14:45:04 +0000 Tue, 25 Mar 2025 16:57:30 +0000 <![CDATA[ Scientists Are Racing to Figure Out Why This Giant Glacier in Antarctica Is Melting So Fast ]]> https://www.livescience.com/why-giant-antarctic-glacier-melting-so-fast.html wU64ZeGnWbsr8hYBRaKLmB Mon, 13 Jan 2020 12:13:09 +0000 Tue, 20 Jan 2026 15:17:48 +0000 <![CDATA[ 16 Times Antarctica Revealed Its Awesomeness in 2019 ]]> https://www.livescience.com/amazing-antarctica-discoveries-2019.html QLhXgcPir3pEzqVwoBzmo3 Thu, 26 Dec 2019 13:00:07 +0000 Tue, 20 Jan 2026 15:17:43 +0000 <![CDATA[ The World's Thickest Mountain Glacier Is Finally Melting, and Climate Change Is 100% to Blame ]]> https://www.livescience.com/taku-glacier-sudden-retreat.html 49LQETuvr4nmUsGCu4vSsQ Thu, 07 Nov 2019 12:18:50 +0000 Tue, 20 Jan 2026 14:36:26 +0000 <![CDATA[ The World's Fastest-Thinning Glacier Identified ]]> https://www.livescience.com/fastest-thinning-glacier-andes.html 9aVvADYE9sL66fU6wXh4QA Thu, 31 Oct 2019 11:26:17 +0000 Tue, 25 Mar 2025 16:55:41 +0000 <![CDATA[ Endangered Antarctic Glacier Could Soon Calve a Massive New Iceberg ]]> https://www.livescience.com/cracks-in-pine-island-glacier.html uasW5m6ghyGcngn5ZbeeNR Tue, 22 Oct 2019 09:48:13 +0000 Tue, 20 Jan 2026 14:36:18 +0000 <![CDATA[ What Is the Cryosphere? ]]> https://www.livescience.com/what-is-the-cryosphere.html JUmhBsTfMkTZrWocwSyATK Fri, 18 Oct 2019 11:11:40 +0000 Tue, 20 Jan 2026 14:36:17 +0000 <![CDATA[ Giant Chunk of Mont Blanc Glacier on the Brink of Collapse, Officials Warn ]]> https://www.livescience.com/alps-glacier-risk-of-collapse.html KRPub8EpFgXaw5bctv9wLj Fri, 27 Sep 2019 15:14:47 +0000 Tue, 20 Jan 2026 14:36:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ The Ice Is Melting Even Faster Than They Thought ]]> https://www.livescience.com/66036-glacier-melting.html vhVyevxPEprshbLTWZAhyX Fri, 26 Jul 2019 16:52:40 +0000 Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:41:35 +0000