This was accompanied by unusually warm and ice-free seas. In addition to the long-term retreat, these glaciers also retreat in the summer and advance again in winter, often by several hundred metres.

Relatives of the llama are dropping dung as they venture into higher elevations in the Andes Mountains, providing a ...

A new large-scale study of crevasses on the Greenland Ice Sheet shows that those cracks are widening faster as the climate ...

A University of Bristol study found that 91% of Svalbard’s glaciers have significantly shrunk since 1985, losing over 800 km² ...

A new study has revealed the alarming extent glaciers have shrunk over the past 40 years in a global warming hotspot -- and the biggest retreat has occurred in recent years. A new study has ...

Even though "glacial" is commonly used to describe extremely slow, steady movement, a new study has found that glaciers speed ...

Uncover the remarkable impact of vicuñas on barren landscapes in the Andes, as they facilitate the growth of plants through ...

Studying the interplay between volcanism and glaciation over the past 150 thousand years, scientists from the U.S. and Germany determined that mass unloading from the retreat of glaciers ...

Study reveals rapid glacier loss in eastern Himalayas, impacting freshwater availability and increasing risk of glacial lake ...

This was accompanied by unusually warm and ice-free seas. How ocean warming triggers glacier calving In addition to the long-term retreat, these glaciers also retreat in the summer and advance ...

In the Andes, native camelids like alpacas, llamas, vicuñas, and guanacos impact the landscape with their social behaviors.