STORY: With glaciers around the globe disappearing faster than ever, Swiss scientists say this one in the Alps could be ...

(A moraine is a ridge of debris formed by a glacier.) About 11,700 years ago the lake breached the moraine near present-day Browns Valley at a place now called Traverse Gap. The flow of water and ...

Less than 90 minutes southwest of Dublin, the glacial valley in County Wicklow is famous not just for its stunning natural landscape, but also for the remains of a sixth-century settlement founded ...

When Glacial Lake Missoula's ice dam shattered, a northern arm of the lake drained in a matter of hours through a narrow gap in Montana's Blackfoot River valley. One can only imagine the ...

See that U-shaped valley? That’s Lairig Ghru. It was carved out by a glacier, a huge river of ice, during the ice age - just like corries and other glacial features. As glaciers move downhill ...

Snow and ice loss warms the land surface and air, setting off a feedback loop of further ice loss. This destabilises the ...

From Glacier's high country vantage point, visitors are treated to panoramic views of the Yosemite Valley, including landmarks like Yosemite Falls and Half Dome. Unlike many lookout points in ...