The study also found that during this event, the glacier's surface dropped by 0.6 inches.

The Antarctic mystery was solved following "a serendipitous alignment of observations," the researchers said.

Glaciers move in mysterious ways, speeding up and slowing down as the seasons change. However, as India Today noted, scientists still don't fully understand what natural forces govern their movement.

For several years, NASA has tracked the movement of ice on Edgeøya, an island in southeastern Svalbard, a Norwegian archipelago located in the Artic Circle, with particular focus on the Stonebreen ...

University of Idaho researchers have developed a mathematical model that simplifies the way scientists understand changes in glacier movement. This new approach demonstrates that diverse patterns of ...

Learn how glacier fronts in Greenland concentrate polar cod and create critical feeding grounds for ringed seals.

Residents in the northern part of the country are creating artificial glaciers to tackle climate change.

We might be able to tell when a volcano is about to erupt with the help of another natural wonder: glaciers. Glaciers that are within 3 miles of a volcano appear to move nearly 50 percent faster than ...