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Scientists track lava with steam clouds.
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Eyjafjallajökull Gave Lava and Ice Researchers an Eyeful

by E. Deatrick 28 June 20164 October 2021

New insights from the 2010 eruption may help volcanologists determine how glaciers shaped ancient lava flows.

A large river network lies beneath Jakobshavn Glacier.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

A River Network Preserved Beneath the Greenland Ice Sheet

by Terri Cook 28 June 201613 January 2022

An ancient drainage basin covering one fifth of Greenland predates the ice sheet and strongly influences the modern Jakobshavn Glacier, according to a new analysis of ice-penetrating radar data.

Lake Palcacocha, which flooded the city of Huaraz, Peru, in 1941.
Posted inNews

Focusing the Human Lens on Glacial Outburst Floods

by JoAnna Wendel 17 June 20167 September 2016

To better prepare mountain communities for possible floods, experts say that it is important to understand the communities themselves.

Kiya Riverman peers at ice crystals growing from the ceiling of an ice cave in the Larsbreen glacier in Svalbard, Norway.
Posted inNews

Into the Belly of a Glacier

by JoAnna Wendel 14 April 201623 January 2023

Ice caving started as a weekend hobby but has now blossomed into a portion of graduate student Kiya Riverman's Ph.D. research.

Posted inScience Updates

Forecasting India's Water Future

by M. d. S. Mesquita, V. Veldore, L. Li, R. Krishnan, Y. Orsolini, R. Senan, M. V. S. Ramarao and E. Viste 31 March 201626 October 2022

The NORINDIA project sheds light on how climate change could affect monsoons, droughts, and glaciers in northern India.

Posted inResearch Spotlights

Glacial Meltwater Features Depend on Glacier Type and Location

by Sarah Stanley 21 March 20165 October 2022

With climate change, some glaciers will melt faster than others, altering the proportions of nutrients in meltwater and changing downstream ecosystems.

Posted inResearch Spotlights

Recent Studies Crack Open New Views of Glacial Crevasses

by Sarah Stanley 16 March 201614 October 2022

Scientists review 60 years of direct and remote observations of crevasses and the models used to simulate them.

Posted inEditors' Vox

New Insights from 60 Years of Crevasse Research

by F. Florindo 16 March 201610 February 2018

Deep cracks in the ice may provide insight into glacier decay and help predict sea level rise.

Posted inNews

Scientists Find the Point of No Return for Antarctic Ice Cap

by JoAnna Wendel 10 March 201618 October 2022

Varying amounts of glacial debris in a core of ancient sediment show the ice cover grew and shrank until airborne carbon dioxide levels fell below 600 parts per million, spurring steady growth.

Posted inResearch Spotlights

At the Intersection of Ice and Water

by Kate Wheeling 9 March 20169 March 2016

Scientists observe ice dynamics in water-terminating glaciers around the world to better understand how the process of subaqueous melt drives ice loss.

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