A retreating glacier has revealed a new island in Alaska, as lake water filled in to surround a land mass once hugged by ice.

About a century before Glacier Bay became a national park, conservationist John Muir visited the landform now called Russell ...

Alsek Glacier disconnected from a mountain called Prow Knob sometime this past summer, making way for Alsek Lake to surround ...

This type of transformation is a hallmark of climate change, as rising temperatures and melting ice reshape landscapes in ...

The island, called Prow Knob, formed from glacier retreat, an effect of anthropogenic climate change that can have disastrous ...

Satellite images reveal a new island in Alaska's Alsek Lake, formed as retreating glaciers reshape the landscape.

In a matter of weeks this summer, a small mountain once embedded in a vast glacier in southeastern Alaska became the region’s ...

NASA's Earth Observatory has announced that Alaska has a "brand new island" after a retreating glacier lost contact with the ...

As the Alsek Glacier melts, a small rocky mountain known as Prow Knob has transformed into a freestanding island.

Freshwater runoff from nearby melting glaciers has nearly doubled the size of Alsek Lake in the last 40 years, leading to ...