Iceland's Vatnajökull Glacier is one of the most beautiful—and geologically important—places in the country.

A new tour from the Icelandic tour operator Arctic Adventures offers a way for visitors to get up close and personal with Vatnajökull, Europe's largest glacier. In the southeast corner of Iceland, ...

A new study presents projections for the Norwegian glacier Jostedalsbreen, the largest glacier in mainland Europe, in a future warmer climate.

On May 17, 2025, the European Space Agency (ESA) released a striking new satellite image of Iceland captured during an unprecedented cloud-free moment by the Copernicus Sentinel-3 mission. Known for ...

Nature likes to show off, and it has a way of sculpting ice into jaw-dropping masterpieces. These glaciers look like something out of a fantasy novel, but they're very real, and trust us, photos don't ...

A massive chunk of ice -- larger than the city of Paris -- has broken off from the Arctic's largest ice shelf because of warmer temperatures in Greenland, scientists said Monday. The massive chunk ...

Should growing glacial lakes be used for energy production and water supply—or remain protected as ecologically valuable ...

Alaska may be known as the "Last Frontier," but it could easily have the nickname of the "Glacier State," considering it's one of the most glacier-filled regions in the world, with this type of icy ...

The arctic island is the largest land ice contributor to rising sea levels. Greenland is known as the largest contributor to rising sea levels but a new study explores how the island's glaciers could ...