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Image of icy mountains

The Un-Ice Age

Earth’s remaining ice sheets head for the ocean.
Feature Article
Dec. 28, 2020
Mountain glaciers, such as Colony Glacier in Alaska, often terminate in a lake.

A Glacial Pace

Satellites keep an eye on ice loss and gain in Alaska.
Feature Article
Dec. 27, 2020
NASA's PO.DAAC just released the first public data products from the GRACE-FO mission.

First GRACE-FO Data Now Available

Two datasets from the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment Follow-On (GRACE-FO) mission have just been released by NASA’s PO.DAAC.
Feature Article
Nov. 4, 2020
Glaciologists used MAMM radar data to clock the movement of glaciers feeding the enormous Ross Ice Shelf.

Space-Based Ice Sight

After a century of exploration and research, much remains unknown about the so-called seventh continent of Antarctica.
Feature Article
July 28, 2020
Photograph of cracks in the Larsen B Ice Shelf south of the Seal Nunataks on Mary 13, 2002

Fragment of its Former Shelf

The Larsen B Ice Shelf disintegrated within 35 days between January 31 and March 7, 2002.
Feature Article
July 22, 2020
The image above shows the Greenland Ice Sheet

Fire and Ice

Researchers link the Greenland snow melt anomaly to the eruption of Mount Pinatubo.
Feature Article
July 22, 2020
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