Recent studies have considerably enhanced our understanding of the factors influencing glacial cirque formation. Investigations on the Tibetan Plateau reveal that cirques in cold and arid ...

The meltwater fills the depression left behind by the glacier, forming what’s known as a glacial lake. As temperatures get warmer and more pieces of the glacier melt away, the lake rises — and ...

A cirque glacier is confined in a throne-shaped valley at high elevation. Although larger valley glaciers, ice caps, and ice sheets are found elsewhere in the world, all the glaciers in Glacier ...

The glacier scours the floors of the cirque and eats away at the walls, steepening the slopes above and making them weak and prone to erosion. Receive a weekly dose of discovery in your inbox!

The Company identified a 4 km long placer gold dispersal trail originating out of a glacial cirque mountain valley formation on the Canadian side of the Quebec/New Hampshire border. Patrick ...

The Company identified a 4 km long placer gold dispersal trail originating out of a glacial cirque mountain valley formation on the Canadian side of the Quebec/New Hampshire border. Patrick Levasseur, ...

The Karasawa Cirque is a steep valley, standing 2,300m above sea level in the heart of the Hotaka Peaks. The hike is particularly popular in autumn, when the leaves turn red and set the mountain ...