When massive blocks of ice detach from glaciers, it is known as calving. This process is one of the main ways that glaciers lose mass, and has long been a dramatic visualization of changes in ice ...

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

PERITO MORENO GLACIER, Argentina (Reuters) -The deep cracking sound bursting from within the ice signals the dramatic fall about to happen. Seconds later, a block of ice some 70 meters (230 ft) tall - ...

The first analysis of extreme calving events in Antarctica finds no correlation with climate change, highlighting the significance of common, smaller calving events for ice loss and instability. When ...

This is a developing story. Update, 6:15 p.m. Thursday: A portion of the face of the Mendenhall Glacier collapsed into Mendenhall Lake on Thursday, prompting a further warning from the U.S. Forest ...

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1,000,000,000,000 tons. That’s one trillion, with a “t” at the start. And that’s how much A23a, aka the world’s largest iceberg, weighs. It spans across about 1,418-sqaure-miles, or about three times ...

The earthquakes, while low in magnitude, spell a troubling fate for the glacier. The post Doomsday Glacier Bombarded by ...

Scientists said earthquakes have been shaking the Antarctic’s Thwaites Glacier, also known as the Doomsday Glacier.

Portage lake and glacier on Sunday, Feb. 2, 2025. Lauren Jobe was skating on Portage Lake on Monday, Feb. 10, when she heard the glacier start cracking. She was about 80 yards away. “I know they make ...

Tourists in Iceland were met by the unexpected scene of an iceberg calving during a tour of the Jökulsárlón glacier lagoon. The dramatic moment was captured in a viral video posted by @sabrina.gss and ...

This figure shows the glacier front retreat rates between 1985 and 2023. The larger darker red circles indicate areas of greatest glacier loss. A new study has revealed the alarming extent glaciers ...