Crevasses often appear where a glacier scrapes against uneven valley walls or turns a corner. Ice flows slowly at the edges but moves progressively faster toward the center, a pattern that causes ...

Observing Greenland from a helicopter, the main problem is one of comprehending scale. I have thought we were skimming low over the waves of a fjord, before noticing the tiny shadow of a seabird far ...

Massive crevasses and bendable ice affect stability of Antarctic ice shelf, a research team finds. Gaping crevasses that penetrate upward from the bottom of the largest remaining ice shelf on the ...

This project has reached full capacity for the current term. Please check back next semester for updates. Crevasses are cracks in ice that can affect the strength and flow speed of glaciers. There is ...

If you’re planning to climb Denali, North America’s tallest mountain, you may have to pack up your poop: Denali National Park in Alaska may soon require climbers along the West Buttress route to carry ...

More crevasse activity could lead to positive feedback loop threatening Greenland glacier's stability. In just five years, 930 million cubic meters of crevasses opened up in the Greenland ice sheet, ...

Gaping crevasses that penetrate upward from the bottom of the largest remaining ice shelf on the Antarctic Peninsula make it more susceptible to collapse, according to University of Colorado Boulder ...

Observing Greenland from a helicopter, the main problem is one of comprehending scale. I thought we were skimming low over the waves of a fjord, before noticing the tiny shadow of a seabird far below ...