About a century before Glacier Bay became a national park, conservationist John Muir visited the landform now called Russell Island when it was little more than a rocky rise poking out from the edge ...

A retreating glacier has revealed a new island in Alaska, as lake water filled in to surround a land mass once hugged by ice.

New research finds the disappearance of glaciers in the Sierra Nevada will be unprecedented in the human history of North ...

New research shows that the small glaciers that overlook Yosemite National Park predate humans coming to North America. And ...

The glaciers of California's Sierra Nevada are disappearing as temperatures rise. Scientists recently found that the glaciers ...

"Every time I go back, I remember how it used to be," recalls Matthias, now director of Glacier Monitoring in Switzerland ...

A receding glacier in Antarctica has revealed the remains of a researcher who died nearly seven decades ago. A Polish team found the body of Dennis "Tink" Bell among rocks that were exposed by the ...

Ice has been replaced by water because of the retreat of the Alsek Glacier in Alaska, leading to the emergence of a new island. The small mountain known as Prow Knob became an island over a period of ...

Swiss glaciers have faced significant melting this year, with a 3% drop in total volume, marking the fourth-largest annual ...

Ice shelves across the planet are melting away with the increasing global warming levels and the impact of climate change.

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A retreating glacier revealed a new island in Alaska this summer, as lake water filled in to surround a land mass once hugged by ice. Swiss glaciers shrank 3% this year, the ...

A retreating glacier has revealed a new island in Alaska, as lake water filled in to surround a land mass once hugged by ice JUNEAU, Alaska -- A retreating glacier revealed a new island in Alaska this ...