Glaciology

Government of Canada Announces Decision on Glacier Discovery Walk Proposal Environmental Assessment

9 Feb 2012

OTTAWA, ONTARIO-- - Editor's note: There is a photo associated with this press release.Today, the Honourable Peter Kent, Canada's Environment Minister and Minister responsible for Parks Canada, announced ...

Parks Canada Approves Glacier Discovery Walk Project

9 Feb 2012

Government Confirms Project in Accordance with National Park Policy FrameworkBANFF, AB, Feb. 9, 2012 /CNW/ - Parks Canada officially announced today that the Glacier Discovery Walk project has met all ...

Satellites show how our icy world is melting

8 Feb 2012

The melt-off from the world's ice sheets, ice caps and glaciers over eight years of the past decade would have been enough to cover the United States in about 18 inches (46 centimeters) of water, according to new research based on the most-comprehensive analysis of satellite data yet.