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Tracy Arm and Sawyer Glacier
Juneau, Alaska

Tracy Arm Fjord

A 30-mile-long glacially-carved canyon leads to a massive pair of glaciers.
Brady's Rocks are the southernmost surface exposure of the massive Niagara Escarpment.
Eagle, Wisconsin

Brady's Rocks

These modest Midwestern formations are kin to Niagara Falls' impressive cliffs, more than 600 miles away.
islands

On Antarctica's Vega Island, a Grinning Skull Is the Face of Climate Change

Satellite imagery recently captured a dramatic view of shrinking glaciers and snow cover on the remote island.
Gemma Tarlach April 12, 2023
Blue Lake, main basin.
Denio, Nevada

Blue Lake

In the little-known Pine Forest Range in northwestern Nevada, a natural lake of glacial origin.
Rollstone Boulder
List

13 Places to Celebrate Erratic Behavior

If you’re one of those “everything in its place” people, you’re going to hate this.
Gemma Tarlach February 15, 2022
A satellite image acquired in September 2021 shows the central lobe of the Malaspina Glacier surging toward the sea.
science

Why Is This Rippling Alaska Glacier a Research Hotbed?

Malaspina Glacier is the world's most accessible of its kind—but that's not the only reason scientists find it so cool.
Gemma Tarlach February 8, 2022
Mount Stanley, home to Margherita Peak
Bundibugyo, Uganda

Margherita Peak

Famous in both ancient and modern times, the "mountains of the moon" are legendary for their beauty and biodiversity. But they are threatened by the changing climate.
The Last Venezuelan Glacier team examines the recently exposed areas just below the Humboldt's glacier edge in 2019, more than 15,000 feet of elevation.
science

Studying New Life in the Shadow of Venezuela's Last Glacier

When ice goes, lichens and mosses move in and an entirely new ecosystem starts to take shape.
Jonathan Moens November 18, 2021
A 1,500-year-old pile of argali sheep skulls and horn curls, perhaps intentionally stacked by ancient hunters, melts from a glacier margin in western Mongolia.
science

Mongolia's Melting Ice Reveals Fragile Prehistoric Artifacts

Researchers scramble to find and study everyday items preserved for millennia and now at risk.
William Taylor September 20, 2021
Researchers took samples from the new island during a July 2020 expedition.
islands

The Northernmost Island in the World Was Just Discovered by Accident

It remains to be seen whether it will stick around.
Sarah Durn September 8, 2021
Jasper, Alberta

Columbia Icefield Skywalk

With a floor made of thick glass, this observation deck offers a full view of Sunwapta Valley's mountains and rivers.
Skarpnäcks Gård, Sweden

Jättegrytan i Skarpnäck (Skarpnäck Giant's Kettle)

This hole formed by a glacier is the largest and best-preserved of its kind in Stockholm.
In a satellite image of the Greenland Ice Sheet's southwestern corner, captured on August 21, 2021, pale blue meltwater streams across ice or collects in slushy depressions. The deeper blue areas are meltwater lakes with depths up to about 30 feet.
glaciers

Ghostly Satellite Image Captures the Arctic ‘Losing Its Soul’

In the aftermath of an extreme melt event, what do scientists see in the Greenland Ice Sheet’s swirls of white, blue, and ominous gray?
Gemma Tarlach August 27, 2021
The window through which the giant's kettle can be seen.
Stockholm, Sweden

Haga Tingshus Jättegryta (Haga Courthouse Giant's Kettle)

This building, previously used as a courthouse, has an unusual geological feature in its basement.
Ala Kul Lake
Kyrgyzstan

Ala Kul Lake

A stunning blue-green lake located in the Terskey Alatau mountain range.
Cypress Hill Loch Lomond Area
Maple Creek, Saskatchewan

Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park

When North America was covered in ice, this was an oasis in the frozen desert.
Glacial meltwater carves channels into layered sand near Höfn, Iceland.
volcanoes

In Iceland, Glacial Meltwater Creates a Stunning (and Small) Landscape

A photographer captured water's ability to carve out new paths in all their fractal glory.
Gemma Tarlach June 15, 2021
Glacial valley
Loriga, Portugal

Covão da Ametade

A glacial valley filled with silver beech trees in the mountains of Portugal.