Glacier ice has great erosive power removing ... They get cut off so while erosion makes the main valley deeper and deeper, the smaller valley is left hanging higher up above the valley floor.

Scientists at the University of Lausanne (UNIL) have used AI to massively speed up computer calculations and simulate the ...

Erosion transports the fragments away ... Together with advancing ice, the rocks carve out a path as the glacier slumps down the mountain. When the glacier begins to melt, it deposits its cargo ...

This adds up to 15,500 miles of coastline. If you straighten out all these fjords, it would be 51,000 miles long. This shows the power of glacial erosion over time. Norway’s fjords are known for their ...

Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. David Bressan is a geologist who covers curiosities about Earth. Research has shown the complex history behind this gap of missing time ...