Alaska's Glacier Bay National Park is a natural wonder, but retreating glaciers have changed the landscape over the years, ...

A new study analyzing a lake formed by a glacier surge in the Karakoram Mountains has revealed how satellite images can be used to monitor the potential for lake drainage hazards. New research has ...

In the summertime, the Portage Glacier, an hour's drive southeast of Anchorage, is a huge draw for tourists. You can't see the glacier from the visitor's center, so people take boats out onto a lake ...

Earth's valleys tell an ancient story of ice and power. Over millions of years, massive glaciers have carved, sculpted, and ...

In 1995 large meltwater lake formed and developed on the surface of the 79°N Glacier. Researchers observed that over the years, this lake has caused gigantic cracks and the outflowing water is lifting ...

Two people had to be rescued from Portage Lake on Monday after a massive piece of the glacier there calved onto the ice, stranding them on shore, according to the Alaska State Troopers. With the help ...

INSTAAR senior research associate Alton Byers has organized frequent research expeditions to the Himalayas for more than 50 years. Last summer, he returned to the remote Kanchenjunga region in Nepal, ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Alton C. Byers, University of Colorado Boulder and Suzanne OConnell, Wesleyan ...

Flying above Channel Lake, a large, white bird with a 10-foot wingspan and a huge orange throat pouch commands the sky. Three more fly in tandem like the Blue Angels a little farther away, while ...

Raveena Bhambra is a senior editor at BioPharma Dealmakers in London. “In this picture, I’m visiting Steindalsbreen, a glacier in the Lyngen Alps, just east of Tromsø in Norway, where I’m based. The ...

If you're in Montana then you'll want to visit a national park. Here are some of the animals in Glacier National Park!

New research has tracked the evolution of a glacier lake dammed by a surge using satellite images, to help better understand its life cycle and the hazard it presents to nearby communities. During ...