The celebrity glacier on the Kenai Peninsula, though relatively small and getting smaller, looms large in the public consciousness.

A massive wave of ice and water in 2012 caused the amount of ice lost from the Rink Glacier to increase by more than 50 percent

Asian glaciers are set to shrink by at least a third by 2100 due to climate change, researchers said on Thursday, threatening the millions who depend on their meltwaters for drinking and farming.

For half a century, Taku had been the one known Alaskan glacier to withstand the effects of climate change – until now.