The new scenario suggests that the event began with modest melting of the Laurentide ice sheet over North America, which contributed about 10 feet of sea level rise. That was followed by more ...

A hotspot from underneath Earth’s crust may have created a low point that glaciers finished carving out and filling with ...

A new study on an ancient ice sheet may hold important clues about our planet's future. The research focuses on the Laurentide Ice Sheet, the massive expanse covering North America during the last ...

Between 85,000 and 10,000 years ago, a massive glacier called the Laurentide Ice Sheet extended from the Northwest Passage all the way down to the Great Plains, covering large swaths of land now ...

Calen Rubin: Reconstructing North American ice sheet history from glacial dipsticks, marine sediments, and cave deposits (Ph.D.) Lauren Gustafson: Mapping the Laurentide Ice Sheet meltwater plume in ...