Melting snow appears to have weakened a steep glacier at an altitude of five kilometres, causing it to plummet around a kilometre into the river valley below

BENGALURU, India (AP) — The deadly flash flood in Nepal on Wednesday was likely caused by a huge chunk of a glacier that broke off and temporarily dammed a river, according to preliminary investigations by scientists. That may have led to the backed-up water surging downstream with enormous force a few hours later, they suggested.

Scientists found 362 hidden glacier-related seismic events in Antarctica, including 245 near Thwaites Glacier, offering new clues about its movement and sea-level risks.

Learn how satellite radar captured the moment a Manhattan-sized ice island broke away from Greenland’s Petermann Glacier and why scientists are keeping a close watch.

A massive iceberg has broken off from the Northern Hemisphere’s longest floating ice tongue, and researchers are anticipating at least two more calving events from Greenland’s Petermann Glacier in the near future. Satellite imagery from the European ...

A huge slab of floating ice has broken away from Greenland’s Petermann Glacier, creating an ice island roughly the size of Manhattan. The 76.4 sq km section separated from the glacier’s floating ice tongue on 4 August 2026,

A huge section of Greenland’s Petermann Glacier has broken away, creating a rare Arctic ice island that scientists will now track from space.

Antarctica’s most threatened glacier is about to be further destabilised, as the floating ice shelf in front of Thwaites glacier is set to break away. “Its final demise could happen suddenly, and to avoid being caught on the hop, we have already ...

Add Futurism (opens in a new tab) More information Adding us as a Preferred Source in Google by using this link indicates that you would like to see more of our content in Google News results. At the southwestern corner of Antarctic continent, there’s a ...

The situation on the Weisshorn near Randa, canton Valais in southwestern Switzerland, remains tense: following several glacier collapses on Monday, the local authority has raised the alert level to 3. Further collapses in the coming days cannot be ruled out.