The melt rate of a major Alaskan icefield is accelerating and could reach a point of no return much sooner than previously anticipated, a new study has found. The thawing of glaciers in the Juneau ...

The melting of one of North America’s largest ice fields has accelerated and could soon reach an irreversible tipping point. That’s the conclusion of new research colleagues and I have published on ...

The Taku Glacier is shrinking. It was the last, remaining advancing glacier flowing out of the Juneau Icefield. A soon-to-be-published research paper will show how climate change is responsible for ...

Researchers say glaciers face "tipping point into irreversible recession." The glaciers on a major Alaskan ice field are melting twice as fast than recorded over a decade ago, with researchers saying ...

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Climate change is taking a dramatic toll on glaciers in Alaska: Glacier melt in a major Alaskan icefield has accelerated and could reach an irreversible tipping point earlier than previously thought, ...

A combination of Landsat and ASTER satellite scenes are used to quantify changes in the areal extent of glaciers in 130 basins across the Southern Patagonian Icefield (SPI). There was extensive net ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. The melting of Alaska’s Juneau icefield, ...

The global list of incredible viewing platforms designed to elevate your heart rate continues to grow, with Canada’s Glacier Skywalk the latest gravity-defying walkway to welcome tourists. Jutting 35 ...

Should you want to annoy a glaciologist, ask a simple question: which are the largest glaciers in the world? The answer has long been: it depends how you define a glacier. Do glacier complexes, made ...

The huge Harding Icefield on Alaska's Kenai Peninsula shed some of its mass over the past year and Exit Glacier, which spills out of that 700-square mile icefield, retreated more than in any other ...

Back in 2011, the original designs for the Glacier Skywalk received attention after winning the Future Projects Category Award at the World Architecture Festival. Three years on the project is finally ...