JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A retreating glacier revealed a new island in Alaska this summer, as lake water filled in to surround a ...

A new island has emerged in Alaska this summer, unveiled by the retreat of a glacier and the subsequent rise of lake waters ...

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 ...

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

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

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

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 ...

A landmass that was previously encased in the ice of Alaska's Alsek Glacier is now fully surrounded by water, forming a new ...

WASHINGTON, Sep 19 (WAM/APP): NASA satellite imagery has revealed a new island off the coast of Alaska that emerged after long-standing glacial ice melted, isolating a small mountain that was once ...