Water from the melting ice often drains into depressions once occupied by the glacier, creating large lakes. Many of these expanding lakes are held in place by precarious ice dams or rock moraines ...

"The most unexpected discovery is one or more oars decorated with detailed ornamentation. What these were used for, and why ...

Ancient artifacts recently emerged from Norway's melting mountains, surprising archaeologists with a remarkably preserved ...

A 5900-year-old whitebark pine forest has been discovered due to the melting of alpine ice in the Rocky mountains. Scientists found more than 30 trees approximately 3100 metres above sea level - 180 ...

Pakistan's mountain communities are experiencing the devastating effects of accelerating glacial retreat, with rising temperatures transforming their water sources into unpredictable threats. Rapidly ...

A hiker stumbles upon a 1,700-year-old leather sandal in Norway, as ice recedes and reveals secrets from the Roman past.

Dressed in an orange puffer jacket, Japanese scientist Yoshinori Iizuka stepped into a storage freezer to retrieve an ice ...

About 6,000 years ago, the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem cradled within its mountains, a lush forest springing with thickets and trees. Then, due to declining summer solar radiation, the forest began ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Water from the melting ice often drains into depressions once occupied by the glacier, ...