NASA is studying "thermokarsts" in Alaska, lakes that appear as permafrost there thaws. These lakes can release high levels of methane, a dangerous gas for climate change. As temperatures rise and ...

New research has tracked the evolution of a glacier lake dammed by a surge using satellite images, to help better understand its life cycle and the hazard it presents to nearby communities. During ...

After a prolonged stretch of above-average temperatures, freezing temps and light snow have made it feel more like winter, even creating some ice on bodies of water. However, just because a lake has ...

A new study analyzing a lake formed by a glacier surge in the Karakoram Mountains has revealed how satellite images can be used to monitor the potential for lake drainage hazards. New research has ...

Jennifer Arthur receives funding from a Natural Environment Research Council doctoral studentship grant. During the Antarctic summer, air temperatures get warm enough to melt snow and ice on the ...

Most open water anglers have put away their boats for the season and are looking forward to ice fishing, Lake of the Woods Tourism reported Monday in its weekly update. Ice is forming on back bays and ...

NASA scientists have found that cell-like compartments called vesicles, needed to form the precursors of living cells, could form in the lakes of Titan, Saturn's largest moon. This new research ...

Liz is a marine biologist, environmental regulation specialist, and science writer. She has previously studied Antarctic fish, seaweed, and marine coastal ecology. With a maximum depth of about 1,476 ...

There is ice starting to form along the Great Lakes shorelines. At the same time, even though ice is forming, the surface water on the Great Lakes are prime for heavy lake effect snow next week. Lakes ...