In an important contribution from the social sciences, Rice University anthropologists Cymene Howe and Dominic Boyer examine ...

A huge mass of rock and ice from a glacier has thundered down a Swiss Alpine mountainside. Authorities say it covered with ...

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A glacier in Antarctica is committing "ice piracy"—stealing ice from a neighbor—in a phenomenon that has never been observed in such a short timeframe, say scientists. This activity was ...

A glacier in Antarctica is committing 'ice piracy' -- stealing ice from a neighbor -- in a phenomenon that has never been observed in such a short time frame, say scientists. A glacier in ...

But they are a vivid memory from a dark winter night ... tourist,” and praised the “glacier face 100-200 feet high and a mile and a half wide of cobalt blue ice.” The prospectus promoted ...

Many also embark on guided treks, donning crampons and helmets to explore the glacier’s rolling terrain and peer into centuries-old, deep blue crevasses. Marcia Fortuna, a 46-year-old from Santa ...

Many also embark on guided treks, donning crampons and helmets to explore the glacier’s rolling terrain and peer into centuries-old, deep blue crevasses. FILE - Tourists walk on Perito Moreno ...