In the past century, scientists have observed more rockfalls and avalanches in the Alps, a looming threat to nearby villages.

To determine the age of rock glaciers, these researchers tested samples from boulders on the surface of the glaciers for a rare isotope of the element beryllium. The results indicate how long the ...

Shrinking glaciers are causing tonnes of rock to break loose from one of Switzerland's most famous mountains, the Eiger, and crash into the valley below. On the east face of the Eiger, two million ...

The Worcester area has evidence of the Mesoproterozoic Era, going back to the earliest known days of the present-day Earth's ...

Glaciers that came as far south as New York and Wisconsin, as some did 18,000 years ago, were not the problem. No, the whole earth — including the oceans — froze over.

CALGARY, Alberta (AP) — Falling rocks struck people on a hiking trail in Banff National Park in the Canadian Rockies, killing one and injuring three others Thursday.

A huge chunk of a glacier in the Swiss Alps broke off on Wednesday afternoon, causing a deluge of ice, mud and rock to bury part of a mountain village evacuated earlier this month due to the risk ...

Falling rocks struck people on a hiking trail in Banff National Park in the Canadian Rockies, killing one and injuring three others Thursday ...

Item 1 of 6 Mud and rocks slide down a mountain after a glacier partially collapsed covering most of the village of Blatten, Switzerland May 28, 2025, in this screen grab taken from a handout video.