One of the highest mountain reliefs on Earth can be found in this tiny country sandwiched between eastern India and the Tibetan plateau,
Published Oct 11, 2005
Currently 30.2 km long and between 0.5 and 2.5 km wide, Gangotri glacier is one of the largest in the Himalaya. Gangotri has been receding since 1780, although studies show its retreat quickened after 1971.
Published Jun 23, 2004
For one NASA scientist, studying one of Everest’s glaciers with satellites meant going there in person.
Published Aug 10, 2013
Throughout the Himalayas, many glaciers are retreating and meltwater lakes are growing, putting people at risk downhill and downstream.
Published May 9, 2017
Several tidewater glaciers in the southern part of Spitsbergen are retreating because of rising air temperatures.
Published Jun 25, 2018
Scientists use Landsat and commercial satellite data to quantify the losses in this mid-latitude glacier belt.
Published Jul 2, 2015
Because Indian glaciers have not been studied in detail for the past several decades, assessing their long-term trends has been difficult. More recent studies, however, suggest they are vulnerable to rising temperatures, which increased by 2.2 degrees Celsius (3.96 degrees Fahrenheit) between the 1980s and the new millennium.
Published Mar 14, 2008
With satellite eyes, the complex motion of glaciers becomes apparent.
Published Jan 7, 2016
One branch of Alaska’s Columbia Glacier seems to have retreated as far as it can, while the other still has some distance to go.
Published Aug 29, 2019
A range of glacier-capped mountains northwest of Lhasa, Tibet, casts long shadows in this winter-time image from the ASTER sensor on NASA’s Terra satellite.
Published Nov 12, 2009
The first global catalog of glaciers is helping scientists get a better handle on how much sea levels could rise in coming years.
Published Jun 26, 2014
Acquired on February 19, 2011, this natural-color image shows multicolored glacial lakes extending from Andean glaciers. The lakes extend primarily eastward across the high plain.
Published Mar 11, 2011
NIWA scientists stated that this glacier had retreated by 5 kilometers (about 3 miles) over the previous three decades. They also stated that New Zealand glaciers on the whole had lost 5.8 cubic kilometers (roughly 1.4 cubic miles) over the same time period.
Published Jan 27, 2008
In southeastern Turkey, glaciers slide down bowl-shaped valleys amidst a shadowy landscape of cirques and arêtes.
Published Oct 13, 2012
