Meltwater swept enormous volumes of sediment just freed from the melting ice into every low place it reached. The glacial lakes got their fair share. All glacial lakes, ancient and modern ...

Satellite imagery reveals rapid glacier retreat and the expansion of proglacial lakes in southeastern Alaska over four ...

In an era of dwindling glaciers, Southern Patagonia has managed to hold on to a surprising amount of its ice. But, a new ...

University of Dayton geologist Umesh Haritashya will study the potential hazard risk of suspended sediment in glacier-fed lakes and rivers in South America’s Andes mountain range under a $339,812 ...

"Our research demonstrates that only glacial erosion could be responsible ... during the Snowball Earth period deposited nutrient-rich sediment in the ocean that could have provided a fertile ...