The ice erodes the land surface and carries the broken rocks and soil debris far from their original places, resulting in some interesting glacial landforms. Glacial erosion Common all over the …

This graphic illustrates the process of glacial ice formation and approximate percentages of air (by volume) in each step. — Credit: Department of Geography and Environmental Science/Hunter …

Research & data Glacial ice can be as old as several hundreds of thousands of years, making it valuable for climate research. To see a long-term climate record, scientists drill and extract ice …

What is a glacier? A glacier is an accumulation of ice and snow that slowly flows over land. Alpine glaciers are frozen rivers of ice, slowly flowing under their own weight down mountainsides …

Quick facts, basic science, and information about snow, ice, and why the cryosphere matters The cryosphere includes all of the snow and ice-covered regions across the planet.

Nov 7, 2024 · A newly published study has mapped glacial debris across the Greater Caucasus, the mountainous region between the Black and Caspian Seas. The study found an increasing …

Feb 15, 2022 · By Agnieszka Gautier A glacial lake is a body of water that originates from a glacier. It typically forms at the foot of a glacier, but may form on, in, or under it. As Earth’s …

Erratic boulder, northeastern Manitoba, Canada. A sense of the size of the glacial erratic can be estimated by noting the person standing in front of the boulder, on the left side. This erratic, as …

grooves or gouges cut into the bedrock by gravel and rocks carried by glacial ice and meltwater; also called glacial grooves.

This data set contains Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) data showing surface morphology and internal layering structure along with Global Positioning System (GPS) data collected within an …