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Retreat Begins at Taku Glacier
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Retreat Begins at Taku Glacier

For half a century, it has been the one known Alaskan glacier to withstand the effects of climate change—until now.

Published Nov 5, 2019

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Watching a Glacier Die
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Watching a Glacier Die

Without enough fresh snow to replenish it, Alaska’s Yakutat Glacier is in trouble.

Published Nov 26, 2018

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Jakobshavn Glacier Retreat
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Jakobshavn Glacier Retreat

Acquired in 2001 and 2010, these natural-color images show substantial retreat in the Jakobshavn Glacier.

Published Jul 15, 2010

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Retreat of the Columbia Glacier
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Retreat of the Columbia Glacier

The recent retreat of the glacier’s West Branch took scientists by surprise.

Published Oct 31, 2014

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Retreat of the Tasman Glacier
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Retreat of the Tasman Glacier

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

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Inlet’s Iceberg Maker Is Nearly Gone
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Inlet’s Iceberg Maker Is Nearly Gone

Retreating glaciers have changed how visitors experience Glacier Bay National Park in southeast Alaska.

Published Aug 31, 2020

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Thwaites Glacier Transformed
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Thwaites Glacier Transformed

The amount of ice flowing from the Antarctic glacier has doubled in the span of three decades, and scientists think it could undergo even more dramatic changes in the near future.

Published Feb 6, 2020

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Major Greenland Glacier Is Growing
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Major Greenland Glacier Is Growing

Jakobshavn Glacier has grown for the third year in a row, and scientists attribute the change to cool ocean waters.

Published Jun 18, 2019

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Bear Glacier, Gulf of Alaska
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Bear Glacier, Gulf of Alaska

Although they move slowly, glaciers do move, and this movement alters the ice as it passes over land. Likewise, a moving glacier can carry with it evidence of geologic events it has witnessed. The Bear Glacier in the Kenai Peninsula along the Gulf of Alaska bears multiple clues about its past.

Published Nov 8, 2006

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Jakobshavn Glacier
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Jakobshavn Glacier

Where once two streams of ice merged in Greenland’s Jakobshavn Glacier, today there is division and a complex surface riddled with crevasses and melt ponds.

Published Dec 3, 2011

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Tasman Glacier Retreats
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Tasman Glacier Retreats

New Zealand’s longest glacier has shrunk in recent decades. Meanwhile, the lake at its terminus has grown.

Published Mar 26, 2017

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A Bit Less Excelsior
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A Bit Less Excelsior

Over the past two decades, an Alaskan glacier has melted into a lake more than five times the size of Central Park.

Published May 23, 2019

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Grand Plateau Glacier
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Grand Plateau Glacier

Views from above show the extent of change across Alaska’s Glacier Bay National Park.

Published Aug 13, 2020

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Receding Glacier in Iceland
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Receding Glacier in Iceland

Published Apr 10, 2001

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Medvezhiy Glacier Advances
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Medvezhiy Glacier Advances

In the early summer of 2011, the Medvezhiy Glacier in Tajikistan slid abruptly down its valley, creating a glacial lake.

Published Jul 30, 2011

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Nearing the Limit of Retreat
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Nearing the Limit of Retreat

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

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Retreat of Jakobshavn Glacier, Greenland
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Retreat of Jakobshavn Glacier, Greenland

At the end of May, many square kilometers of ice crumbled from Greenland’s Jakobshavn glacier, continuing a century-long retreat.

Published Jun 11, 2014

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Neumayer Glacier, South Georgia Island
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Neumayer Glacier, South Georgia Island

Acquired January 11, 2005 and January 4, 2009, these images show retreat in the Neumayer Glacier on South Georgia Island.

Published Aug 1, 2010

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Zachariæ Isstrøm Glacier, Greenland
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Zachariæ Isstrøm Glacier, Greenland

Starting in 2012, a large glacier in northeast Greenland broke loose and entered a phase of accelerated retreat.

Published Dec 4, 2015

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Retreat of Alaska’s Columbia Glacier
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Retreat of Alaska’s Columbia Glacier

Since 1980, the volume of a glacier that spills into the Prince William Sound has shrunk by half.

Published May 17, 2012

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