They say time is an ever-flowing river and these ones take a LOT of time. This week, we’re bundled up and headed far north (or south) in search of glaciers. * First, the basics. Glaciers really are ...

Simply put, glaciers form when the snow cover from one winter does not melt before the next winter's snow arrives. This causes layering of each year's snow on top of all the previous years' snow. Over ...

On a map, have students locate Greenland and Antarctica on the map. Tell them that Greenland's continental ice sheet contains the second largest amount of frozen freshwater in the world, after ...

Glaciers are awe-inspiring geological formations that have defined landscapes all over the world, including Colorado. A glacier is formed when snow accumulates for many years until thick ice is formed ...

20,000 years ago, during the last glacial maximum, hulking formations of flowing ice stretched across the Southern Rocky Mountains in present-day Colorado. Most of those glaciers melted away by around ...

Scientists have uncovered that glaciers can temporarily cool the air around them, delaying some effects of global warming. This self-cooling, driven by katabatic winds, is nearing its peak and will ...

YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (WSVN) – The recent winter season in Yosemite National Park, characterized by its severity and subsequent temporary closure, has brought both hope and concern for the ...

Understanding water and ice helps scientists study glaciers. Some glaciers contain water wells. Tell students that in this activity, they are going to investigate how ice and water can coexist.

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Thousands of glaciers across Canada could be saved from total extinction by the end of the century if humanity can bend the ...