GLACIER Peak volcano in the heart of Washington state is a bigger risk “capable of eruption” than Yellowstone supervolcano, officials have warned. The giant stratovolcano in the US Cascadic Volcanic ...

Ice cores taken from glaciers reveal the air pollution of the past, using atmospheric particles incorporated in snow that ...

The ice crevasses and surrounding mountains of the Vatnajokull glacier, the largest ice cap in Europe Glaciers are some of Earth's most ethereal—and mighty—natural wonders. But few are more stunning ...

In the United States, you can explore glaciers in areas such as Glacier National Park in Montana, Denali National Park in Alaska, and a handful of other locations in the northwestern portion of the ...

Scientists are flocking to Iceland to investigate an increasingly crucial question: Will melting glaciers accelerate and intensify earthquakes and volcanic eruptions? William Brangham reports. PBS ...

Melting glaciers may be setting the stage for more frequent and explosive volcanic eruptions in the future. This is the conclusion of a study of six volcanoes in the Chilean Andes, which is being ...

It's concerning enough that glaciers in Greenland and Antarctica—including the infamous Doomsday Glacier—are melting at an accelerated rate, causing the ocean's great "conveyor belt" to pump the ...

In the near future, Juneau’s Mendenhall Glacier will withdraw its icy toe from the lake of its making, scientists say. “The lake is about to not have a glacier in it,” said hydrologist Eran Hood of ...