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GEOS-5 model image of Air Temperature Change across Greenland July 20 - 30, 2019

Warm Weather Brings Major Melting to Greenland

08.02.2019
Melting was provoked by a bubble of warm air that moved over Greenland after delivering unseasonably warm temperatures to Europe.
Image depicting elevation measurement of Crater Lake

The Ups and Downs of Crater Lake

07.29.2019
Elevation data show the distinct topography of Mount Mazama and the crater lake that fills its caldera.
Satellite image of collapsed ice arch

Ice Arch Crumbles Early

06.26.2019
The structure that prevents sea ice from exiting the Arctic Ocean through the Nares Strait crumbled months earlier than usual.
Close-up image of snow and ice on the Greenland ice sheet

Study Predicts More Long-Term Sea Level Rise from Greenland Ice

06.19.2019
Greenland’s melting ice sheet could generate more sea level rise than previously thought if greenhouse gas emissions continue to increase and warm the atmosphere at their current rate, according to a new modeling study. The study, which used data from NASA’s Operation IceBridge airborne campaign, was published in Science Advances today.
Follow the Water still from animation

NASA Explores Our Changing Freshwater World

06.12.2019
Water is so commonplace that we often take it for granted. But too much – or too little of it – makes headlines.
Photo of NASA researchers conducting a traverse to South Pole

First ICESat-2 Global Data Released: Ice, Forests and More

05.28.2019
ICESat-2 data is available to the public to investigate questions related to Earth.
Photo of original sign being installed

NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center Celebrates 60 Years

04.29.2019
On May 1, 1959, the Beltsville Space Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, was renamed NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in honor of Robert H. Goddard, widely considered the father of modern rocketry. Thus began a 60-year boom in science and technological innovation.
Photo of rozen meltwater lake in the Lambert Land region of northeastern Greenland

Greenland Refrozen

04.29.2019
Most indications of meltwater ponds and lakes on the ice sheet are leftovers from past seasons that have since refrozen.
Composit of various Earth images

NASA Celebrates Earth Day with Social Media, Public Events

04.18.2019
This Earth Day, April 22, NASA invites you to celebrate our beautiful home planet by participating in a global social media event and local events around the country.
Landsat 8 satellite image of snow and ice on the Antarctic Peninsula

Warm Winds Trigger Melting in Antarctica

04.12.2019
Unusual late-season events could produce long-term changes to the snowpack on the Larsen C ice shelf.
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Picture Earth for Earth Day 2019

04.12.2019
For Earth Day 2019, NASA invites you to celebrate the planet we call home with our #PictureEarth social media event.
NASA Earth Observatory animation of Pine Island Glacier retreat, using MODIS data from NASA EOSDIS/LANCE and GIBS/Worldview.

The Wide View of a Shrinking Glacier: Retreat at Pine Island

04.09.2019
Pine Island Glacier is one of the fastest-retreating glaciers in Antarctica. This timeline highlights the most notable calving events of the past two decades.
Photo of Devon Island, Canada

NASA Begins Final Year of Airborne Polar Ice Mission

04.04.2019
This is the last year for Operation IceBridge, NASA’s most comprehensive airborne survey of ice change.
Photo of Sheridan Glacier from an Operation IceBridge flight

Operation IceBridge: Exploring Alaska’s Mountain Glaciers

04.02.2019
In Alaska, 5 percent of the land is covered by glaciers that are losing a lot of ice and contributing to sea level rise.
Photo of Alaskan glacier

A Decade of Exploring Alaska’s Mountain Glaciers

03.29.2019
In Alaska, five percent of the land is covered by glaciers that are contributing to sea level rise in ways disproportionately large to their size. A small airborne campaign has been monitoring these changes since 2009.
Globe program Trees campaign logo

Help NASA Measure Trees with Your Smartphone

03.26.2019
A new smartphone-based project allows people to document the trees around them in order to learn more about their environment and provide valuable data to NASA scientists who study our home planet.
Image of sea ice

Arctic Sea Ice 2019 Wintertime Extent Is Seventh Lowest

03.20.2019
The 2019 Arctic sea ice maximum extent ties with 2007's for seventh lowest in the satellite record, continuing the long-term decline of the Arctic sea ice pack.
Image of Antarctica

Decoding Extreme Weather at the Poles

03.15.2019
A silvery metal tube jutting out of thick ice stands alone amid a vast landscape of endless white in Antarctica.
Photograph of Robert Goddard at blackboard

NASA Invites Media to 57th Annual Robert H. Goddard Memorial Symposium

03.15.2019
Media are invited to the 57th Robert H. Goddard Memorial Symposium on March 20-21.
Landsat 8 image of Brunt Ice Shelf

Countdown to Calving at Brunt Ice Shelf

02.20.2019
Cracks growing across the ice shelf are poised to release an iceberg about twice size of New York City.
Image of book cover

New NASA Book Shares Beauty of Earth from Space

02.20.2019
NASA’s new 168-page book “Earth,” a collection of dramatic images captured by Earth-observing satellites, is available now in hardcover and ebook, and online with interactive features.
Still from animation depicting second impact crater buried under Greenland

NASA Finds Possible Second Impact Crater Under Greenland Ice

02.11.2019
A NASA glaciologist has discovered a possible second impact crater buried under more than a mile of ice in northwest Greenland.
ICESat-2 Sees the Trees in Mexico

ICESat-2 Sees the Trees in Mexico

01.29.2019
The satellite measures more than just polar ice; it also makes detailed elevation measurements over the planet’s tropical and temperate latitudes.
Elevation measurement of sea ice in the Weddell Sea

Thick and Thin Ice in the Weddell Sea

12.18.2018
New elevation measurements will give researchers an unprecedented understanding of the thickness of sea ice, which will be used to help improve climate modeling and forecasts.
Still from animation depicting snow accumulation levels over Antarctica

Snow over Antarctica Buffered Sea Level Rise during Last Century

12.13.2018
A new NASA-led study has determined that an increase in snowfall accumulation over Antarctica during the 20th century mitigated sea level rise by 0.4 inches.
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