Tag: glacial maximum

  • Science & Tech

    Tracking rivers to read ancient glaciers

    In a new study, Harvard researchers say they may be able to estimate how glaciers moved by examining how the weight of the ice sheet altered topography and led to changes in the course of rivers. The study is described in a paper published in Geology.

    Tamara Pico.
  • Science & Tech

    Popsicle Earth

    A recently published paper says that during the last glacial maximum, more ice than previously thought covered the globe.