An international research team led by the University of Bremen has investigated what influenced the expansion of the Patagonian ice sheet during the last ice age. The scientists found evidence that ...

Huge expanses of ice are melting alarmingly fast, raising new concerns about "catastrophic consequences for humanity," a study published May 20 says. The study focuses on two masses of ice currently ...

Patagonia is an impressively diverse region with a wide variety of landscapes. Expansive forests, open grasslands, arid deserts and imposing mountain ranges characterize the region. But it was not ...

A recent study has unearthed evidence of a 9,000-year-old ice melt in Antarctica, shedding light on the alarming speed at ...

Around 10,000 years ago as the last Ice Age drew to a close, the drifting of the continent of North America, and spreading in the Atlantic Ocean, may have temporarily sped up—with a little help from ...

When the planet was heating up at the end of the last Ice Age, ice-melt flooded out by glaciers made oceans rise. Scientists for decades believed that most meltwater had originated from Antarctica.

The unprecedented rates of warming and melting of vast ice masses in Greenland have also led to movements in the bedrock from ...

New images from the North Sea show never-before-seen landforms that were carved by a single, colossal ice sheet 1 million years ago and subsequently buried beneath a thick layer of mud. When you ...

Seattle’s geography resulted from an ice sheet that scoured the landscape 16,000 years ago. From the hills and ridges that all run north to south to the huge freshwater lakes that define the region, ...