Latest about glaciers
Visit NYC in 750 million B.C. with this epic interactive map
A new interactive map visualizes how Earth's continents evolved from about 750 million years ago to today.
Nothing will stop Greenland's ice sheet from shrinking now
If humans stopped heating up the climate instantly, Greenland's ice sheet would keep shrinking.
Two Canadian ice caps have completely vanished from the Arctic, NASA imagery shows
New NASA imagery shows that the St. Patrick bay ice caps have vanished from Arctic Canada, two years sooner than scientists predicted
Pink 'watermelon snow' threatens major Italian glacier
The high Presena glacier has turned pink in a major bloom of dangerous, ice-melting algae.
Viking 'treasure' of rare artifacts revealed on a long-lost mountain trail
Melting ice revealed a long-lost trail in Norway that was strewn with objects dating to the Viking Age.
See record-high temperatures strip Antarctica of huge amounts of ice
Antarctica saw two record-high temperatures set between Feb. 6 and Feb.9, and that took a huge toll on the continent's ice, as seen in NASA images.
Russian explorers discovered Antarctica 200 years ago. What we've learned about Earth's coldest continent.
Two centuries after it was first sighted by Russian explorers, Antarctica is a key site for studying the future of Earth's climate – and for global scientific cooperation.
Ancient never-before-seen viruses discovered locked up in Tibetan glacier
A new technique for studying ancient microbes in glaciers has led to the discovery of previously unknown viruses.
