As glaciers melt, huge chunks of ice break free and splash into the sea, generating tsunami-sized waves and leaving behind a powerful wake as they drift away. This process, called calving, is ...

The glacier is reached via a three-hour boat ride north through the Ataa Strait from Ilulissat, Greenland's third-largest town on the west coast of the country. In winter, temperatures drop to -20°C ( ...

In this video we take you along on a short but thrilling sightseeing flight from Ilulissat, all the way up the icefjord to ...

Detailed study of a Greenland glacier’s flow rate reveals the impact of environmental conditions. Even though ‘glacial’ is commonly used to describe extremely slow, steady movement, a new study has ...

Dominik Gräff, a University of Washington postdoctoral researcher in Earth and space sciences (pictured in the center), and two crew members load the fiber optic cable, spooled around a large drum, ...