Glaciers are large land-bound bodies of ice. To be called a glacier, the ice mass must be moving, or show evidence of having moved in the past. Covering about 10% of Earth's surface, glaciers store a significant amount of Earth's supply...

Glaciation is an extended period of time during which glaciers are present and active. It also refers to all the processes that form glaciers and that are at work within a glacier. A glacier is a land-based mass of highly compacted ice that moves...

The covering of the earth's surface with glacial ice. The term also includes the alteration of the surface of the earth by glacial erosion or deposition. Due to the passage of time, ice erosion can be almost unidentifiable; the weathering of...

A glacier is a large, slow moving river of ice, formed from compacted layers of snow, that slowly deforms and flows in response to gravity. Glacier ice is the largest reservoir of fresh water on Earth, and second only to oceans as the largest reservoir...

Between the North Sister and Middle Sister in Oregon's Cascade Range, Collier Glacier has advanced and receded for hundreds of thousands of years. But like many glaciers, it is headed in one direction these days: backward.It is in serious peril, says geologist Ellen Morris Bishop...

Pakistan protested a plan by India to let tourists visit the Kashmir glacier that is the site of the world's highest battlefield, warning Monday that it could harm peace talks between the South Asian neighbors.Pakistan's Foreign Ministry summoned a senior Indian diplomat to express its...

Go to Montana's Glacier National Park and you'll want to drive the scenic, winding Going-to-the-Sun Road or hike its ice-sculpted peaks and alpine valleys. But for a different experience, some visitors are booking tours that view the...

A Norwegian cruise ship carrying some 300 people lost engine power during an electrical outage and struck an Antarctic glacier, smashing a lifeboat but causing no injuries, officials said.The MS Fram hit the ice late Friday near Browns Bluff in the Antarctic, said Ragnar Norum,...