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NASA Space Lasers Map Meltwater Lakes in Antarctica With Striking Precision

07.07.2021
With the most advanced Earth-observing laser instrument NASA has ever flown in space, scientists have improved their maps of hidden lake systems under the West Antarctic ice sheet.
Photo of high-tide flooding in Honolulu

Study Projects a Surge in Coastal Flooding, Starting in 2030s

07.07.2021
In the mid-2030s, every U.S. coast will experience rapidly increasing high-tide floods, when a lunar cycle will amplify rising sea levels caused by climate change.
ICESat-2 Measurements of Iceberg A-76 and image of Ronne Ice Shelf with A-76 broken off

Sizing Up a Tabular Iceberg

06.03.2021
The topography of Antarctic Iceberg A-76 provides insight into the strange properties of ice.
Bathymetry images of Lake Eyre

Sizing Up Remote Lakes

04.27.2021
Researchers are using ICESat-2 elevation data to create bathymetry maps of shallow lakes in the remote desert.
Still from video about Iceberg A-68A

Tracking an Antarctic Iceberg’s Epic Journey

04.22.2021
The long voyage of one of the planet’s largest bergs—A-68A—has come to an end.
Photo of snowy mountains

Earth's cryosphere is vital for everyone. Here's how NASA keeps track of its changes.

04.20.2021
Everything on our planet — the land, the water, the air, people — is connected by the various chemical, physical and biological processes that make up what we call the Earth system.
Images of Sea Ice Concentration

Sea Ice Highs and Lows

04.19.2021
There were no records set in 2020-21, but the downward trends in polar ice continue.
Blue marble image of Earth

NASA’s 2021 Virtual Earth Day Event – Online, April 21–24

04.13.2021
NASA’s 2021 Virtual Earth Day Event – Online, April 21–24 You’re invited to NASA’s 2021 Virtual Earth Day Event, held April 21-24. Registration is FREE and open to the public!
Image of melt water on surface of Greenland

What a Glacial River Reveals About the Greenland Ice Sheet

04.05.2021
With data from a 2016 expedition, scientists supported by NASA are shedding more light into the complex processes under the Greenland Ice Sheet that control how fast its glaciers slide toward the ocean and contribute to sea level rise.
Photo of Antarctic ice shelf taken during Operation IceBridge

Dry Ice: How Expanding Antarctic Sea Ice is Drying the Atmosphere Over the Southern Ocean

04.02.2021
Evaporation plays an important role in the global water and energy cycles and therefore in climate change. AIRS data were used in a study to help quantify evaporation over the Southern Ocean, where the Antarctic sea ice coverage has a large annual cycle.
Still from animation depicting sea ice and snow cover

NASA Finds 2021 Arctic Winter Sea Ice Tied for 7th-Lowest on Record

03.30.2021
Sea ice in the Arctic appears to have hit its annual maximum extent after growing through the fall and winter. This year's maximum extent peaked at 5.70 million square miles, making it the seventh-smallest on record and tied with 2007.
Photo of water and shoreline

NASA Scientists Complete 1st Global Survey of Freshwater Fluctuation

03.03.2021
To investigate humans’ impact on freshwater resources, scientists have now conducted the first global accounting of fluctuating water levels in Earth’s lakes and reservoirs – including ones previously too small to measure from space.
Landsat 8 satellite image of Brunt Ice Shelf

Breakup at Brunt

03.01.2021
A large iceberg finally split from the Antarctic ice shelf, but another piece stubbornly hangs on.
Terra satellite image of icebergs in waters off of South Georgia

Antarctic Icebergs Galore

02.12.2021
The many pieces of Antarctic iceberg A-68 continue to drift near South Georgia Island.
Map of the timing of snowmelt within the Great Salt Lake basin in spring 2018

Snowmelt Timing Near the Great Salt Lake

02.04.2021
Satellite data indicate that snow is melting earlier, changing when and how much the lake is refilled.
False-color Landsat 8 images of the high glacier passes of Nanpa La and Nup La in the Himalayas

Snow-Free Glaciers in Winter

01.28.2021
Several glaciers near Mount Everest have experienced unusual melting this winter.
Landsat 8 satellite image of the Brunt Ice Shelf

Brunt Breaking Up with Antarctica this Year?

01.20.2021
A crack on the Antarctic ice shelf grew dramatically in late 2020 into 2021.
Suomi NPP satellite image of smoke and wildfires in North America

The Climate Events of 2020 Show How Excess Heat is Expressed on Earth

01.14.2021
By most accounts, 2020 has been a rough year for the planet. It was the warmest year on record, just barely exceeding the record set in 2016 by less than a tenth of a degree according to NASA's analysis.
Schematic of ICESat-2 in orbit firing its green (532 nanometer) lasers to measure surface height.

Beyond Ice: NASA’s ICESat-2 Shows Hidden Talents

12.30.2020
The ICESat-2 laser altimeter data provide height measurements of every 2.3 feet (70 centimeters) along the ground path. The data provide precise measurements of the ice sheet height, ice floes, forest canopies, rivers and lakes and surface topography, and shallow water bathymetry.
Illustration of ISS in orbit

NASA Discoveries, R&D, Moon to Mars Exploration Plans Persevere in 2020

12.21.2020
"NASA has impressed the nation with our resilience and persistence during the pandemic," said NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine.
Aerial photograph of Greenland glacier

NASA Finds What a Glacier’s Slope Reveals About Greenland Ice Sheet Thinning

12.18.2020
As glaciers flow outward from the Greenland Ice Sheet, what lies beneath them offers clues to their role in future ice thinning and sea-level rise contribution.
Suomi NPP satellite natural-color image of Antarctic iceberg A-68A drifting near South Georgia

Iceberg Closes In on South Georgia

12.15.2020
Antarctic iceberg A-68A has drifted menacingly close to a remote island in the southern Atlantic Ocean.
Photo montage of AGU honorees

NASA Scientists Named AGU 2020 Union Honorees

12.10.2020
Nine individuals with NASA affiliations have been named 2020 Union honorees or fellows by the American Geophysical Union (AGU) and will receive honors bestowed by AGU for their excellence in scientific research, education, communication, and outreach.
ICESat-2 image of shallow coastal waters of Mozambique

Beyond Ice: NASA's ICESat-2 Shows Hidden Talents

12.09.2020
For a satellite with ice in its name, and measuring ice as its mission, NASA's ICESat-2 is also getting a lot of attention from scientists who have warmer subjects in mind.
Terra satellite image of Larsen B iceshelf

Early Melting Along the Antarctic Peninsula

12.03.2020
About a month before the start of astronomical summer in the southern hemisphere, vast areas of sea ice were already painted blue with meltwater.

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