From food to industry, the process of making glacial acetic acid shows how science transforms the ordinary into the extraordinary.

Six homes sustained damage considered major, according to early assessments that also found repairs to a damaged bridge will ...

Around 60 hikers were airlifted from Bugaboo Provincial Park when gushing water from a glacial lake suddenly blocked their ...

Suicide Basin, an ice-dammed lake on an arm of Mendenhall Glacier, has filled up with meltwater and sent destructive surges ...

Glacial landforms created by deposition Glaciers are very powerful and capable of carrying large amounts of rock. Eventually these will be dropped off by the glacier creating distinct landforms .

Meltwater is escaping from a basin that is dammed by a glacier - prompting fears of a deluge in state capital Juneau.

According to the National Weather Service (NWS) office in Juneau, the Mendenhall River crested at 16.65 feet – which now ...

Update, 6:25 a.m. Wednesday: The Mendenhall River hit a record level as of 6 a.m., according to the National Weather Service.

Landscapes of glacial deposition Around 10,000 years ago as the ice age advance began to melt, glacial deposits or drift were left behind. These glacial deposits were of two kinds: ...

Evacuations are underway in parts of Alaska’s capital of Juneau after a glacial outburst sent water rushing down the ...