An international team of researchers has shown that countless tiny ice quakes take place in one of Greenland's mightiest ice streams. This finding will allow the flowing of the ice sheet and ...

By using a fiber-optic cable to detect tiny vibrations a mile below the surface, scientists discovered a surprising way that ...

Ice quakes, or frost quakes, happen when seismic energy is released from ... Some ice quakes can also be caused by large shifts in lake ice, creating a booming sound sometimes called lake thunder.

Heard a loud snap or booming sound coming from underground as of late? It's probably not an earthquake or Thor, the god of thunder — it's more than likely a frost quake. Frost quakes, otherwise known ...

These conditions set the stage for a series of frost quakes, a rare phenomenon some meteorologists and hydrologists also refer to as “cryoseisms.” Unlike earthquakes, which are caused by shifting ...

But a deeper dive into a meteorological phenomenon called a frost quake could provide an explanation. A frost quake, also known as a cryoseism or an ice quake, is a seismic event caused by a ...

Here’s what to know. It’s not an earthquake, but it might sound like one. “Frost quakes happen when water from rainfall, snowmelt or flooding soaks into the ground, filling all available spaces,” said ...

Here’s what to know. It’s not an earthquake, but it might sound like one. “Frost quakes happen when water from rainfall, snowmelt or flooding soaks into the ground, filling all available spaces,” said ...