The glacier’s retreat has been ongoing, but scientists believe within a few years it will be separated from Mendenhall Lake.

Researchers presented preliminary data on how ice dynamics contributed to this summer’s record-breaking flood, and shared ...

This type of transformation is a hallmark of climate change, as rising temperatures and melting ice reshape landscapes in ...

Imagine a geographical discovery in the 21st century. It seemed that we had mapped the entire planet Earth from the North ...

Satellite images reveal a new island in Alaska's Alsek Lake, formed as retreating glaciers reshape the landscape.

Residents in some parts of Juneau prepared to evacuate ahead of what could be a record surge of flooding as rainwater and snowmelt in a huge basin dammed by Alaska’s Mendenhall Glacier started to flow ...

An Italian scientist conducting research on the Mendenhall Glacier in Alaska fell into a stream of meltwater and then plunged into a shaft in the ice. "The water then pushed him into a moulin, which ...

Authorities said that Riccardo Pozzobon, a researcher from Italy who went missing after falling into a stream on Alaska’s Mendenhall Glacier and getting pushed into a 2-foot-wide hole in the ice, is ...

In one of Alaska’s most remote fjords, a small crew sails through icy waters before launching paddleboards toward a massive ...

A melting glacier in southeastern Alaska has birthed a brand-new island in the middle of a growing lake, according to recent images captured by NASA satellites. The 2-square-mile island is a small ...