glaciers

Sections of the Perito Moreno Glacier, also known as the “White Giant,” collapsed earlier this week. The glacier is one of the most popular tourist destinations in Argentina.

For the first time, researchers attempted to measure all the material leaving and entering a mountain range over more than a million years and discovered that erosion caused by glaciation during ice ages can, in the right circumstances, wear down mountains faster than plate tectonics can build them.

Researchers for the first time have used seismic sensors to track meltwater flowing through glaciers and into the ocean, an essential step to understanding the future of the world’s largest glaciers as climate changes.