Villagers said that a glacier of this size had collapsed in their area for the first time in 50 years, creating fear and anxiety among residents.

A quiet region at the eastern Antarctic Peninsula carries a narrative that can seem unnervingly personal if you have witnessed something in your life collapse faster than you were prepared for. In ...

A massive glacier collapse in Tajikistan has reignited global concerns about rapid changes in mountain ice — and what they can mean for the communities most vulnerable to the effects of rising ...

Part of Pine Island Glacier collapsed several years ago, forming an unstable inlet where no ship had sailed. Until now.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A 20-year satellite record shows that Thwaites Glacier’s eastern ice shelf is weakening through a clear, staged process driven by ...

Scientists could only watch in dismay as the Thwaites Glacier, ominously named the “Doomsday Glacier,” headed to its doom. If this enormous shelf of ice in the Antarctic were to collapse, it would ...

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

On October 25, a massive chunk of glacier broke away from the Ismoil Somoni Peak in Tajikistan’s Tajikabad district and thundered down the mountain. The ice mass – two kilometers long, 150-200 meters ...

Part of a massive glacier on the Italian side of the Mont Blanc mountain range is close to collapse after accelerated melting in the late summer heat, officials at a nearby town warned Wednesday. The ...

Thwaites, the most studied glacier in the world, commands attention because it is not only the widest in the world at 80 miles but also the shakiest. And its nickname “The Doomsday Glacier” certainly ...