During the Mid-Pleistocene Transition (MPT), the Earth adopted a 100,000-year glacial-interglacial cycle compared to the previous 41,000-year cycle. Scientists have now discovered landforms ...

Instead, Martian landforms created by glacial melt and movement are mostly ridges and valleys with shallow, undulating channels. Scientists had previously assumed that Martian glaciers froze ...

Lastly, a well-known glacial landform in our area is the “knob and kettle.” The kettle part is a deep, ... These were formed by enormous blocks of ice, the “land icebergs.” ...

Buried landforms reveal North Sea's ancient glacial past. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 11, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2024 / 12 / 241213140614.htm ...

A new study has revealed that glaciers formed in the highest mountains of Antarctica at least 60 million years ago, which is 30 million years earlier than previously thought, and almost as long ago as ...

New research has revealed that glaciers formed in the highest mountains of Antarctica more than 30 million years earlier than scientists had previously thought.

Switzerland's Birch Glacier hit the headlines this week, after a huge chunk broke off - partially destroying the village of Blatten. Now, scientists have created an interactive map that reveals ...

An international team of scientists unveiled exceptionally well-preserved glacial landforms buried nearly one kilometer beneath the North Sea, dating back approximately one million years.

Glaciers are large masses of ice that moves slowly over the land. Within the last 100,000 years, the landscapes around Mount Kosciuszko were shaped by glaciers. This area used to be permanently ...

Glaciers have been present somewhere on Earth for at least 60 million years, a period stretching back almost to the time of the dinosaurs. That’s the key finding of our new research, which ...

Scientists have now discovered landforms created during the MPT, as glaciers retreated across what is now the North Sea. The new study relied on seismic data to locate possible areas for fossil ...