Under the lead of the Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research Warnemünde (IOW), a sediment core from the Southeast Pacific ...

In Central Asia and other mountainous regions around the world, glaciers are melting faster than ever. Rising temperatures are shortening winters and prolonging summers, which in turn leads glaciers ...

Glacial outburst floods aren't a new phenomenon in Alaska, but climate change is scrambling the geography of risk.

Most glacial lakes began forming over a century ago as a result ... The waves can then rupture the ice dam or moraine, unleashing a flood of water, sediment and debris. That dangerous mix can rush ...

An international team of researchers led by the University of Massachusetts Amherst has tracked changes in more than 114,000 rivers in High Mountain Asia over a 15-year period. The paper, published in ...

A man discovered a prehistoric handaxe while he was "kicking his feet" on the ground during a tea break. Colin Cooley, 57, from Otley, Suffolk, works as a dumper driver on the Sizewell C excavation ...

DEHRADUN: The recent devastating deluge in Uttarakhand's Dharali village, which caused widespread destruction, may not have been triggered by a cloudburst, according to meteorological data and ...

Paul Wilcox descends into Devil’s Canopy Cave on Prince of Wales Island. An unlikely discovery in a cave on Prince of Wales Island could help scientists understand Earth’s climate history. A small ...

An unlikely discovery in a cave on Prince of Wales Island could help scientists understand Earth’s climate history. A small pile of sand and stones tells the story of formidable glacial meltwater ...

Cosmic dust may have helped to kick-start life on Earth, new research suggests. The findings challenge a widely held ...

A new study conducted by geologists from the University of Florida and the University of Maryland reveals that, as land is exposed by melting glaciers, chemical reactions in the newly uncovered ...