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Glaciers/Ice Sheets News
Articles, resources, and announcements from Glaciers/Ice Sheets.
The Global Land Ice Measurements from Space (GLIMS) Glacier Database provides timely data on more than 200,000 glaciers around the world.
Feature Article
April 8, 2025
Image captured on Mar 4, 2025, by the MODIS instrument aboard the Aqua platform.
Worldview Image of the Week
March 6, 2025
This is the first in a five-part webinar series to introduce NASA's Ice, Cloud, and land Elevation-2 (ICESat-2) platform and the platform's data, tools, and applications.
Webinar
Oct. 28, 2024
Join us for a tour of enhanced data product landing pages, new user resources, data visualization tools, and a Jupyter Notebook tutorial to access cryospheric data at NASA's National Snow and Ice Data Center DAAC.
Webinar
Aug. 22, 2024
OpenAltimetry lets users explore changes on Earth’s surface around the globe and over time, and all they need is a web browser.
Feature Article
Dec. 20, 2023
Dr. Williams aims to use interferometric synthetic aperture radar (InSAR) to determine the speed of every glacier on the planet.
Data User Story
Dec. 1, 2022
NASA Earth observation data contributed to the discovery of a previously unknown subpopulation of polar bears in Southeast Greenland.
Feature Article
June 23, 2022
Data from NASA’s NSIDC DAAC helps scientists like Dr. Kristin Poinar develop the next generation of models for forecasting sea-level rise from melting glaciers and ice sheets.
Data User Story
May 3, 2022
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