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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
      
     
 
 
 
 
 
