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Animation of false-color images of Malaspina Glacier from 1986 - 2003

Malaspina on the Move

09.11.2019
More than 30 years of ice velocity data are helping scientists tease out how mountain glaciers respond to climate change.
Landsat 8 composite image of Helheim, Fenris and Midgard glaciers

Landsat Illustrates Five Decades of Change to Greenland Glaciers

08.28.2019
Greenland's Helheim Glacier, along with its neighbors, have changed significantly in the last five decades, as illustrated by comparing Landsat images from 1972 and 2019.
Landsat 5 satellite image of glacier atop Iceland’s Ok volcano

Okjökull Remembered

08.09.2019
The glacier atop Iceland’s Ok volcano was declared dead in 2014. Satellite images show the latter stages of its decline.
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.
Landsat 8 false-color satellite image of the the Brunt ice shelf

Brunt Ice Shelf Survives the Solstice

07.12.2019
The enormous slab of ice poised to break away from the Brunt ice shelf is still hanging on.
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.
Landsat 8 satellite image of the Jakobshavn Glacier

Major Greenland Glacier Is Growing

06.18.2019
Jakobshavn Glacier has grown for the third year in a row, and scientists attribute the change to cool ocean waters.
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.
Terra satellite satellite image of the South Patagonian Icefield

Los Glaciares National Park, Argentina

06.11.2019
Where some of the park’s most notable glaciers end, a series of colorful glacial lakes begin.
Terra satellite image of the Maud Rise polynya in the eastern Weddell Sea on September 25, 2017.

Deciphering the Maud Rise Polynya

05.29.2019
Cyclonic winds help state-sized areas of sea ice go missing from the middle of the ice pack around Antarctica.
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.
Landsat 5 satellite image of Excelsior glacier in October 1986

A Bit Less Excelsior

05.23.2019
Over the past two decades, an Alaskan glacier has melted into a lake more than five times the size of Central Park.
Landsat 8 satellite image of a surging glacier in northern Pakistan near Mount Shishpar

Surging Glacier Creates a New Lake

05.15.2019
Local authorities are watching closely after a fast-advancing glacier in northern Pakistan blocked a stream and created a temporary lake.
Animated gif of the Pine Island Glacier retreat

Two Decades of Change at Pine Island Glacier

05.13.2019
As this Antarctic glacier sheds huge icebergs more frequently, scientists are closely monitoring the retreat.
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.
Side-by-side false-color images depicting glacial lake at the foot of the Kokthang Glacier

As a Himalayan Glacier Melts, a Lake Grows

04.26.2019
Over the past three decades, India’s Kokthang glacier has been retreating and a nearby lake has doubled in size.
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.
PictureEarth logo

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.
Landsat satellite image of Vavilov Ice Cap

A Surprising Surge at Vavilov Ice Cap

04.08.2019
An outlet glacier in the Russian High Arctic has scientists rethinking how rapidly glaciers in cold, dry areas can move.
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.
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