The paper, by N.E. Young at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University in Palisades, NY, and colleagues was titled, 'Glacier maxima in Baffin Bay during the Medieval Warm Period ...

Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. David Bressan is a geologist who covers curiosities about Earth. Research has shown the complex history behind this gap of missing time ...

A six-year investigation into the vast Thwaites glacier in Antarctica has concluded with a grim outlook on its future. Often ...

Landslides have uncovered pieces of an ancient glacier near Baffin Island. Researchers believe this is the oldest glacier ice ever found in the Arctic.

As glacial ice moves very slowly downhill, pieces of rock and gravel get stuck between the ice and the land, forming a coarse surface, similar to the sand on sandpaper. These rocks grind together ...