Marissa Grunes is a freelance science writer and Lecturer in the Herbst Program for Engineering, Ethics and Society at CU Boulder. Every semester, she takes first-year Engineering students on a tour ...

Glaciers hold layers of history preserved in ice, offering unique insights into Earth's past that can also help us interpret the future. Trapped amidst the frozen water are microscopic deposits of ...

An ice core sample from the European Alps has been the first to be dated to the last Ice Age, providing vital historical environmental data stretching back across the last 12,000 years. The discovery ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ice core segment An ice core sample from the European Alps has been the first to be dated to the last Ice Age, providing vital ...

Glaciers are more than just massive blocks of frozen ice. They hold clues about Earth’s past climate and pollution. Imagine having a time capsule that can help you take a peek at your planet’s old ...

After years as a professional research assistant at INSTAAR’s stable isotope lab, Valerie Morris estimates she’s processed more than 10 kilometers of ice from around the world. “You’ve done more ice ...

Humans have been recording the weather for thousands of years. Antarctic ice, however, has been at it for over a million. An international team of scientists has extracted a 1.74-mile-long (2.8 ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Much like the ice he helped preserve for decades, Chester “Chet” Langway’s legacy at the University at Buffalo endures. Faculty here are still studying the ancient sediments that ...