Glaciers carved the deep valleys of Banff, eroded Ontario to deposit the fertile soils of the Prairies and continue to change the Earth’s surface. But how fast do glaciers sculpt the landscape?

Earth's valleys tell an ancient story of ice and power. Over millions of years, massive glaciers have carved, sculpted, and transformed the landscape in ways that still take researchers' breath away.

NASA PSTAR RISE UP via AP A robot nicknamed Icefin operates under the sea ice near McMurdo Station in Antarctica in 2020. The pencil-shaped robot is giving scientists their first look at the forces ...

Destinations once considered timeless are now facing a rapid countdown. From the sinking streets of Venice to the melting ...

Forbes, J. D. Account of a survey of the Mer de Glace and its environs.--Davis, W. M. Glacial erosion in France, Switzerland, and Norway.--Johnson, W. D. The profile of maturity in Alpine glacial ...

What processes are responsible for the rate of glacier erosion across the world, and could it be more than one process? This is what a recent study published in Nature Geoscience hopes to address as a ...

(CNN) — More than half a billion years ago on a frigid, ice-covered Earth, glaciers stirred up ingredients for complex life by bulldozing land minerals and then depositing them in the ocean, according ...

Glacial cirques are distinctive amphitheatre‐shaped depressions formed by the persistent erosive action of mountain glaciers. These landforms typically exhibit steep, often overhanging headwalls, ...

The ruddy red "waterfall" known as Blood Falls was first found by a party of geologists led by Thomas Griffith Taylor during the Terra Nova expedition (1910-1913). These geologists made up the western ...

The results are rockfalls, landslides, and dangerous floods. Guides sound alarm as iconic glaciers collapse at popular ...

Ice calves off the Breidamerkurjokull, a glacier in Iceland. Some scientists suggest prehistoric glaciers hold the answers to how life evolved on Earth. Katharine Cashman via imaggeo.egu.eu under CC ...