The tiny ice inhabitants darken the glacier's surface, which can accelerate its melting. Glaciers are massive bodies of white ...

Neal Iverson started with two lessons in ice physics when asked to describe a research paper about glacier ice flow that has just been published in the journal Science. First, said the ...

Dark algae that grow on the surface of Arctic ice sheets are likely to expand their range in the future, a trend that will ...

The Punta Rocca glacier near Canazei ... White snow and ice reflect more sunlight and therefore absorb less heat than dark soil and rock. Therefore, as glaciers melt and retreat spatially ...

Charles Kibaki Muchiri traced the water trickling across the surface of the Lewis Glacier with his fingers, illustrating how quickly climate change is melting the huge ice blocks off of Africa's ...

On Jan. 13, the iceberg, named A-84, broke off from the George VI Ice Shelf, a massive floating glacier attached to the Antarctic Peninsula ice sheet, according to the Schmidt Ocean Institute.

famously dubbed the Doomsday Glacier, situated in Antarctica, has witnessed a staggering depletion of over 50 billion tons of ice, intensifying concerns over global sea level rise and climate ...