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What Happens When Earthquakes Strike Glaciers?

Jun 26, 2015 06:02 PM EDT

Glacial earthquakes have been increasingly documented in recent years. In Greenland, these mysterious quakes have increased seven-fold in the past 20 years. Now, scientists believe they have figured out the dramatic geophysical effect brought by the rumbling phenomenon after large chunks of ice broke off of a glacier and made a huge splash into the cold waters. In a recent study published in the journal Science, researchers explained that glacial earthquakes can cause a seismic event detectable across the Earth.

Tibetan Plateau Warming Twice as Fast as Rest of World

Michael A. Katz |

Jan 07, 2015 01:19 PM EST

Temperatures have been rising on the Tibetan Plateau twice as fast as most places on Earth over the past 50 years, according to a recently published report.

Mountain climbers on top of the Rhone glacier in the Swiss Alps

Humans Cause Majority of Melting Glaciers

Marc Maligalig |

Aug 15, 2014 10:56 AM EDT

A new study finds that humans have contributed to more than two-thirds of the rapid melting of the Earth's glaciers. Thursday climate scientist Ben Marzeion from the University of Innsbruck in Austria.

Antarctic Glaciers Begin Unstoppable Meltdown, Results In Rising Sea Levels

Lemuel Cacho |

May 13, 2014 12:27 AM EDT

Two studies were released Monday indicating that five glaciers that feed ice from Antarctica into the Pacific sector of the Southern Ocean are undergoing irreversible decline and what scientists call "the point of no return."