New data from Lago Argentino, Patagonia reveal that glacial erosion occurs in discrete pulses, which challenges previous ...

Ice seems temporary. It melts in a glass. It disappears at a sunbeam’s touch. It ebbs with the first relief of spring. But ...

Regional pollution is speeding up snow melt in the Indian Himalayas. That's according to a new study from an international ...

The Thwaites Glacier is one of many bodies of ice that are melting, but this massive, Antarctic glacier is uniquely important when it comes to sea level rise. “We’re talking a ...

As global warming accelerates, the increasing number of supraglacial lakes and the need to accurately measure their depths ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Researchers have made an incredible discovery in the Canadian Arctic: the remains of an ancient glacier that could be more than a million years old. Found preserved in permafrost on Bylot Island in ...

An ancient glacier on an island in the Canadian Arctic could hold vital clues about Earth's past. However, researchers will have to be strategic about how they manage their time. As detailed by ...

The GLIMS initiative has created a unique glacier inventory, storing information about the extent and rates of change of all the world's mountain glaciers and ice caps. The GLIMS Glacier Database was ...

These sensors relay data on the height of glaciers, ice sheets, and ice shelves as they change ... and have the ability to collect measurements under ice – a feature that has drastically improved with ...

Many cells in multicellular organisms are specialised. They have specific roles in the organism of which they are part. Their structure is adapted to their function. They are often grouped ...

Given the evidence that tophaceous MSU deposition is widespread and that hyperuricaemia ... USA), 30% chloroform (Sigma-Aldrich, St Louis, MO), 10% glacial acetic acid (Sigma-Aldrich, St Louis, ...