Students sort photographs of glaciers and measure glacial retreat to observe how alpine glaciers have retreated over the past century. Includes a printable worksheet, links to relevant materials, and extension activities.

The world's glaciers and ice sheets are melting according to this extensive report. It makes recommendations on how to monitor this situation, explains what we know about the past when there was much less ice in the world, describes what...

Learn about how Alex Bellini plans to live on an iceberg in order to draw attention to the issue of global warming.

From ABC News in Science, this article discusses climate change research which suggests that the worldwide issue of melting glaciers is a clear sign of changing climate conditions.

Explains what glaciers are and how they form, and discusses the reasons glaciers are melting faster today and what this means for the planet. Includes statistics on the loss of glaciers around the world.

A lesson plan for simulating glacial scraping with extensions that investigate iceberg towing and iceberg melting.

A lesson where students learn how warm water is less dense than cold water, and what this means for global climate change as ice from the polar regions melts. Students will do experiments in buoyancy and water density when hot or cold,...

Explains how loess came to be deposited over much of Indiana by the melting of glaciers during the Ice Age.

NPR offers a photographic slide show on the status of Greenland's ice glaciers as they start to melt and the consequences of the melting for the future.

In this article about global warming, learn how the warming climate could affect the polar ice caps, glaciers, sea ice, and amount of freshwater entering the polar oceans. Read how some scientists believe global warming could add to...

See what a glacier in Vermont has done to a mountain. What marks did it leave behind? Click on this site and find out!

Glaciers are shrinking at an alarming rate. Witness the dramatic melting of Peru's Qori Kalis glacier. Investigate some of the benefits of glaciers as well as the negative effects that will result when the glaciers are gone.

View a satelite-generated slideshow that shows some of the hazards that glaciers pose as they break away or melt.

Explore how rising sea levels and temperatures, increases in ocean heat, and melting glaciers support global warming in this interactive.

M Jackson explores the ancient methods of growing glaciers and how they can be used to combat climate change.

Students study how scientists monitor changes in Earth's glaciers, ice caps, and ice sheets. They investigate about glacier locations, glacial movement, and impacts of climate change on glaciers depending on the depth of research.

Students will learn the difference between sea ice and glaciers in relation to sea level rise using topographic maps.

Study climate change with Google Earth, explore glaciers in the Himalayas, and learn how to avoid lava destroying a home in Hawaii with these three expert-developed lesson plans.

An in-depth look at how isostasy works and the processes taking place during glaciation and the melting of glaciers. Looks at gravity and the effects of density differences within the crust and mantle, and at Earth's magnetic field and...

Scientists study ice sheets because they influence weather and climate, playing a role in atmospheric and ocean circulation. Ice sheets can also have huge impacts on global sea levels because they store so much water. Explore this...