This only increases the risk of the Earth getting warmer, exacerbating climate change – which scientists describe as a 'runaway effect'. A glacier is simply the accumulation of snow compacted ...

The text is peppered with anecdotes and insights from one of the world's experts on glaciers and it is also liberally and thoughtfully illustrated by numerous stunning black and white and colour ...

An 8% difference. Leeds professor Andy Shepherd told BBC News: "Glacier melting accounts for a quarter of Earth's ice loss over the satellite era, and the changes taking place are disrupting water ...

Geologists have uncovered strong evidence from Colorado that massive glaciers covered Earth down to the equator hundreds of millions of years ago, transforming the planet into an icicle floating in ...

Photography: Rocky Mountaineer Shifting tectonic plates shoved the earth around for ... comes into full view when you first spy Mt. Robson looming over Robson Glacier. At 12,972 feet, Mt.