For nearly a decade, Leigh Stearns and collaborators aimed a laser scanner system at Greenland's Helheim Glacier. Their ...

Scientists have uncovered how massive underwater waves triggered by iceberg calving secretly fuel glacier melt in Greenland. Iceberg calving takes place when large sections of ice detach from the ...

All before us is ice. Stretching out for miles there's nothing but a vast barrier of white. A frozen sea, more than 30 stories tall, as menacing as it is beautiful. The engine falls silent and the ...

One of the buzziest technologies in modern science may be running right under your feet. Fiber optic cables bring you the internet as data-rich pulses of light, but they also detect signals from the ...

Two thirds of the way through the film, Moving Star begins multi-level chanting about melting of ice, carbon deposits, arctic ...

As far as novelty waves go – from river waves, to oil tanker wakes, to sketchy slabs breaking over dry reef – it’s more about the experience, less about the score. One does not expect to get a ...

Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the University of Southampton, and specializes in animal behavior, evolution, palaeontology, and the environment. Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the ...

The glacier is reached via a three-hour boat ride north through the Ataa Strait from Ilulissat, Greenland's third-largest town on the west coast of the country. In winter, temperatures drop to -20°C ( ...