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Glaciology
Glaciology: A glacier is an extended mass of ice formed from snow falling and accumulating over a long period of time; glaciers move very slowly, either descending from high mountains, as in valley glaciers, or moving outward from centers of accumulation, as in continental glaciers. Glaciology is the study of snow and ice and their physical properties. More specifically, glaciologists analyze the formation, movement, and effects of the different kinds of glaciers, for example alpine and arctic glaciers, ice caps, ice sheets, and ice shelves. Areas of study within glaciology include glacial history and the reconstruction of past glaciation.
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AUG 08, 2025Earth & The Environment
What processes are responsible for the rate of glacier erosion across the world, and could it be more than one process? ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJUL 31, 2025Earth & The Environment
How can a recent subsurface flood in Greenland be influenced by climate change? This is what a recent study published in ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJUL 08, 2025Earth & The Environment
How can climate change influence volcanic activity? This is what a recent study presented at the Goldschmidt Conference ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJUL 01, 2025Earth & The Environment
What new methods can be used to help predict glacier melt patterns as climate change continues to ravage the planet? Thi ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScAPR 08, 2025Earth & The Environment
There are many unknowns when it comes to climate change, like what might happen to the ice in Antarctica. Vast and remot ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 28, 2025Earth & The Environment
A recent study reported in Nature Communications highlighted the loss of glaciers in the Arctic, which has been shown to ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 18, 2025Earth & The Environment
Scientists have completed the third and most detailed map of the land under the frozen ice sheet of Antarctica.Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 03, 2025Earth & The Environment
Earth has experienced several climate cycles throughout its long history, including several ice ages that caused the pla ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScFEB 21, 2025Earth & The Environment
Most people probably think of glaciers as massive blocks of white ice. But many glaciers have dark patches because of th ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 05, 2025Earth & The Environment
New research has analyzed melt patterns on the Greenland Ice Sheet. This study determined that cracks are opening up fas ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 21, 2025Microbiology
The world is full of microorganisms, and there are still many that we know nothing about. Scientists have embarked on a ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 03, 2025Earth & The Environment
When massive blocks of ice detach from glaciers, it is known as calving. This process is one of the main ways that glaci ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 19, 2024Earth & The Environment
What can glacier speed tell us about volcanic activity? This is what a recent study published in Communications Earth &a ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScAUG 13, 2024Earth & The Environment
There are certain rocks in the South American mountain range the Andes, which have been exposed to the air for the first ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 01, 2024Earth & The Environment
Can scientists predict future sea level rise based on today’s evidence? This is what a recent study published in S ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJUN 07, 2024Space & Astronomy
A 2018 study published in Science presented how radar data from the Mars Express spacecraft showed evidence that a lake ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScFEB 28, 2024Earth & The Environment
Can researchers predict the behavior of ice glaciers before they break apart and melt due to warming waters? This is wha ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJAN 27, 2024Earth & The Environment
Ice core samples are a powerful tool that helps scientists understand the history of the planet's climate. But one site ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 24, 2023Genetics & Genomics
Scientists have taken an innovative approach to investigate the ancient past of Antarctica; they have analyzed octopus g ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 21, 2023Earth & The Environment
The last eight years have been the hottest ever recorded, and 2023 is on track to be the hottest year of all time. The g ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 07, 2023Microbiology
Greenland is home to massive ice sheets that are devoid of animals, and human rarely venture to these harsh and inhospit ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 05, 2023Earth & The Environment
In a recent study published in Communications Earth & Environment, an international team of researchers led by Aarhu ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScMAR 27, 2023Earth & The Environment
A team of researchers led by the University of Arizona (UArizona) conducted a radar "body scan" of Alaska's Malaspina Gl ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJAN 27, 2023Space & Astronomy
Some scientists dedicate their lives to hunting for meteorites, and may have to brave some harsh conditions to do so. An ...Written By: Kristina Punzi, Ph.D.
AUG 08, 2025
Earth & The Environment
What processes are responsible for the rate of glacier erosion across the world, and could it be more than one process?
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JUL 31, 2025
Earth & The Environment
How can a recent subsurface flood in Greenland be influenced by climate change? This is what a recent study published in
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JUL 08, 2025
Earth & The Environment
How can climate change influence volcanic activity? This is what a recent study presented at the Goldschmidt Conference
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JUL 01, 2025
Earth & The Environment
What new methods can be used to help predict glacier melt patterns as climate change continues to ravage the planet? Thi
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
APR 08, 2025
Earth & The Environment
There are many unknowns when it comes to climate change, like what might happen to the ice in Antarctica. Vast and remot
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 28, 2025
Earth & The Environment
A recent study reported in Nature Communications highlighted the loss of glaciers in the Arctic, which has been shown to
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 18, 2025
Earth & The Environment
Scientists have completed the third and most detailed map of the land under the frozen ice sheet of Antarctica.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 03, 2025
Earth & The Environment
Earth has experienced several climate cycles throughout its long history, including several ice ages that caused the pla
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
FEB 21, 2025
Earth & The Environment
Most people probably think of glaciers as massive blocks of white ice. But many glaciers have dark patches because of th
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 05, 2025
Earth & The Environment
New research has analyzed melt patterns on the Greenland Ice Sheet. This study determined that cracks are opening up fas
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 21, 2025
Microbiology
The world is full of microorganisms, and there are still many that we know nothing about. Scientists have embarked on a
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 03, 2025
Earth & The Environment
When massive blocks of ice detach from glaciers, it is known as calving. This process is one of the main ways that glaci
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 19, 2024
Earth & The Environment
What can glacier speed tell us about volcanic activity? This is what a recent study published in Communications Earth &a
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
AUG 13, 2024
Earth & The Environment
There are certain rocks in the South American mountain range the Andes, which have been exposed to the air for the first
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 01, 2024
Earth & The Environment
Can scientists predict future sea level rise based on today’s evidence? This is what a recent study published in S
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JUN 07, 2024
Space & Astronomy
A 2018 study published in Science presented how radar data from the Mars Express spacecraft showed evidence that a lake
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
FEB 28, 2024
Earth & The Environment
Can researchers predict the behavior of ice glaciers before they break apart and melt due to warming waters? This is wha
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JAN 27, 2024
Earth & The Environment
Ice core samples are a powerful tool that helps scientists understand the history of the planet's climate. But one site
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 24, 2023
Genetics & Genomics
Scientists have taken an innovative approach to investigate the ancient past of Antarctica; they have analyzed octopus g
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 21, 2023
Earth & The Environment
The last eight years have been the hottest ever recorded, and 2023 is on track to be the hottest year of all time. The g
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 07, 2023
Microbiology
Greenland is home to massive ice sheets that are devoid of animals, and human rarely venture to these harsh and inhospit
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 05, 2023
Earth & The Environment
In a recent study published in Communications Earth & Environment, an international team of researchers led by Aarhu
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
MAR 27, 2023
Earth & The Environment
A team of researchers led by the University of Arizona (UArizona) conducted a radar "body scan" of Alaska's Malaspina Gl
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JAN 27, 2023
Space & Astronomy
Some scientists dedicate their lives to hunting for meteorites, and may have to brave some harsh conditions to do so. An
...
Written By:
Kristina Punzi, Ph.D.