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 ...

And, yes, in case you’re wondering, climate change appears to be the main culprit behind the record-breaking water levels. The Mendenhall Glacier, a vast field of ice and snow that sits north of the ...

For the most part, the planet’s melting ice goes about its sweaty business relatively slowly, and without much fanfare. Occasionally a satellite will capture part of an ice sheet breaking off, but in ...