Articles tagged "glaciers"

In the same time period, the end of glaciers have retreated, on average, by 1300 feet.

There are 46,000 different glaciers in the world's highest-peaking mountain range, and they span three million hectares. And scientists are pretty sure that they're melting. But it's hard to say exactly which ones, or how fast, because only 600 are b…

Of all the inanimate, would-be wonders of the natural world, there are phenomena repeatedly doled short shrift. Take icebergs. Folks are constantly salting on the poor brutes. _Scumbag icebergs sink titanic cruise ships_. (Actually, lax crow's ne…