The World Glacier Inventory (WGI) contains information for over 130,000 glaciers, or about 85% of the total estimated number of glaciers. Inventory parameters include geographic location, area, length ...

One was born in Ireland in the aftermath of WWII and grew up in Switzerland on a diet of Jimi Hendrix; the other was born in Japan a generation later and trained in classical music. But neither time ...

“ The Glacier Priest ” (University of Notre Dame Press, $38), a biography of Father Bernard Hubbard, SJ, by Josh McMullen, paints a portrait of a creative and energetic personality whose ministry ...

This study investigates the dynamics of three glaciers in the Karakoram region over a 30 -years period, utilizing a range of remote sensing datasets. The study focuses on glacier frontal changes, ...

Swiss insurers on Tuesday put the damage caused by last month's glacier collapse, which largely destroyed the Alpine village of Blatten, at 320 million Swiss francs ($393 million).

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International researchers announced the discovery of a potentially over 30-million-year-old lost world located more than a mile beneath the Antarctic ice that may have teemed with rivers, forests ...

How to get there If you’re flying in, the quickest access to Glacier is via Glacier Park International Airport in Kalispell, a 40-minute drive to West Glacier via U.S. Highway 2.

GLACIER VIEW, Alaska (KTUU) - A roughly 20-year tradition of launching vehicles off the top of a cliff is set to continue this summer, despite initial concerns regarding erosion. Arnie Hrncir, the ...

The village of Blatten in the Swiss Alps, was previously home to 300 people before a glacier above it collapsed, burying the village under ice and mud. | ITV National News ...

At least two bears in Glacier National Park have recently shown an “increase in food-conditioned behavior,” according to park officials, resulting in one black bear being euthanized last week.