Update, 12:15 p.m. Thursday: A portion of the face of the Mendenhall Glacier collapsed into Mendenhall Lake on Thursday, prompting a further warning from the U.S. Forest Service about unsafe ...

Rising Sea Levels When you think about the ice melting in Greenland and Antarctica, you're really looking at the biggest reason our sea levels are rising. It's pretty surprising, but these icy places ...

Smaller calving events, not large icebergs, drive Antarctic ice sheet loss. Arecent study conducted by University of Florida geologists and geographers has shed new light on the effects of climate ...

The formation, movement and melting of icebergs offer insights into some of the most extreme areas of the cryosphere, like Antarctica and Greenland.

Roughly 1,550 square miles across, the world's biggest and oldest iceberg, known as A23a, calved from the Antarctic shelf in 1986. Before its calving in 1986, the colossal iceberg hosted a Soviet ...

undergo seasonal cycles in glacier calving—when large chunks of ice break away due to higher ocean and air temperatures. Lead author Dr. Tian Li, Senior Research Associate at the University's ...

The U.S. Forest Service warned residents on Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025 of a large crack in the Mendenhall Glacier that may cause significant calving. The U.S. Forest Service is warning Juneau residents to ...

The Mendenhall Glacier Recreation Area is closed Tuesday, Feb. 11th. The Forest Service says they are expecting a substantial ...

undergo seasonal cycles in glacier calving -- when large chunks of ice break away due to higher ocean and air temperatures. Lead author Dr Tian Li, Senior Research Associate at the University's ...