Glacier News

Christian Grosso was visiting a glacier in Argentina's Patagonia region when he had the opportunity to witness a massive ice bridge connected to the glacier rupture and fall into the lake below, causing a big splash and wave.

After 2012's unprecedented melting of Greenland's Ice Sheet, the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) last week launched a new website dedicated to providing up to date satellite data and scientific analysis of what is happening in Greenland.

Nashville - Whether or not you are a fan of documentary movies, and even if you don't believe in climate change, the powerfully stunning videography of "Chasing Ice" makes this documentary worth the price of admission.

A video clip of a new film captures the moment an iceberg in Greenland begins to calve, making it the largest iceberg calving ever to be captured on film.

Scientists believe that a collision between an iceberg and a glacier in the Antarctic will allow them to gather new information, as it provides them with access to an area of seabed previously unseen.

Pemberton - Cold glaciers are often associated with far away northern areas. But within 3 hours' drive on the Sea-to-Sky Hwy 99 up from Vancouver, their spectacular beauty is within the easiest to imagine reach.

Argentina has passed a landmark law that seeks to protect environmentally sensitive glaciers by imposing strict limits on mining. The Bill, passed by the Senate on Thursday last, prohibits mining near glaciers along Argentina's 5,000 km border with Chile.

Researchers have been watching the environment change in Greenland for some time. Now, however, they've noted the largest ice sheet in 50 years is breaking off from the island and moving south where it could interfere with shipping.

Even as scientists and environmentalists fret over the continued melting of Greenland’s glaciers, at least one person has seen an opportunity for money to be made.

In Peru, at least three people were swept away by a 23m tsunami wave that was caused after a large chunk of the glacier broke off and plunged into a lake in the Andes mountain range.