Any material carried or moved by a glacier is called moraine. There are three different types of moraine: ...

There are glaciers on every continent except Australia. They are found in the coldest places, in Polar regions and on mountains. Glaciers can form distinct landforms through erosion of the ...

A generic term for the range of longitudinal and transverse landforms produced at the base of a glacier or ice sheet as a result of active ice flow across a sediment base. Whilst individual types of ...

Glaciers are notoriously slow moving, hence the term glacial pace, and in The Impatient Glacier , the speed just isn’t enough ...

Satellite imagery reveals rapid glacier retreat and the expansion of proglacial lakes in southeastern Alaska over four ...

The glaciers that flank the Himalayas and other high mountains in Asia are moving slower over time. Scientists have analysed nearly 20 years of satellite images to come to this conclusion.