Researchers from Montana State University discovered a 10,000-year-old ancient forest that holds valuable information about ...

Melting Ice Patch in the Rocky Mountains Reveals 5000-Yr-Old Greenery, Scientists Discover Over 30 Well-Preserved Dead Trees An ice patch that has been melting in the Rocky Mountains of Wyoming has ...

Researchers believe with continued warming this could lead to the tree line once again moving upwards on the mountain as ice continues to melt. Temperatures now equal or are above the estimated ...

Melting alpine ice in the Rocky Mountains has led to the discovery of a 5,900-year-old whitebark pine forest. Over 30 trees are estimated to have been found by scientists during an archaeological ...

Despite a lot of science and even more debate, scientists don't have a clear idea about whether the ice in Antarctica as a whole is growing or shrinking. They do worry, however, that the West ...

Trees dating back almost 6000 years have come to scientists' attention due to ice melting in the Rocky mountains, offering a "time capsule" into the past ...

This transformed what was a high mountain tree-filled landscape into ... a lot of year-to-year variability in how much the ice patches melt," said McWethy. "Some years the late summer melting ...

"If we don't have it, we don't need it," pronounces Daniel Fagre as we throw on our backpacks. We're armed with crampons, ice axes, rope, GPS receivers, and bear spray to ward off grizzlies, and ...