More than 30 years of ice velocity data are helping scientists tease out how mountain glaciers respond to climate change.
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Along the northern Arctic shores of Alaska, ice, snow, and cold dominate the landscape, even on a sunny day in June.
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Though the mountains are located just south of the equator, their elevation is high enough and the air temperatures are cold enough to still support a few small areas of ice.
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The diverse landscape in this Washington park includes mountain peaks, glaciers, rivers, lakes, and forests.
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The retreat of one of Austria’s largest glaciers has stranded some of its tributaries, now classified as separate glaciers.
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Acquired June 5, 2011, this natural-color image shows Roze Glacier on the coast of Novaya Zemlya, Russia.
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