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Retreat of the Sierra de Sangra Glaciers
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Retreat of the Sierra de Sangra Glaciers

Ice loss in Patagonia has struck more than just the largest and most frequently studied ice fields.

Published Feb 23, 2016

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Southern Patagonia Ice Field
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Southern Patagonia Ice Field

Straddling the southern Andes Mountains in Chile and Argentina, these glaciers have thinned significantly in the past four decades.

Published Mar 3, 2014

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Brüggen Glacier, Chile
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Brüggen Glacier, Chile

Brüggen Glacier in southern Chile is the largest western outflow from the Southern Patagonian Ice Field and, unlike most glaciers worldwide, advanced significantly since 1945. From 1945 to 1976, Brüggen surged 5 km across the Eyre Fjord, reaching the western shore by 1962 and cutting off Lake Greve from the sea.

Published Dec 9, 2001

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Malaspina on the Move
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Malaspina on the Move

More than 30 years of ice velocity data are helping scientists tease out how mountain glaciers respond to climate change.

Published Sep 11, 2019

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Viedma Glacier, Argentina
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Viedma Glacier, Argentina

The icefields of Patagonia, located at the southern end of South America, are the largest masses of ice in the temperate Southern Hemisphere (approximately 55,000 square kilometers).

Published May 8, 2006

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Roze Glacier, Novaya Zemlya
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Roze Glacier, Novaya Zemlya

Acquired June 5, 2011, this natural-color image shows Roze Glacier on the coast of Novaya Zemlya, Russia.

Published Sep 18, 2011

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Moreno Glacier, Argentina
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Moreno Glacier, Argentina

Perito Moreno (or Moreno Glacier) is located in the icefields of southern Patagonia and is the centerpiece of the Parque Nacional Los Glaciares. The glacier is also noteworthy as a tourist attraction, due to periodic formation of an ice dam between the main portion of Lago (Lake) Argentino to the northeast and a southern extension of the lake (Brazo Rico).

Published Dec 6, 2004

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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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Retreat of Yakutat Glacier
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Retreat of Yakutat Glacier

Natural processes and human-caused warming have combined to bring rapid change to a glacier in southeastern Alaska.

Published Aug 20, 2014

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Glacial Retreat in Argentina
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Glacial Retreat in Argentina

For the crew onboard the International Space Station daylight views of the Earth’s Southern Hemisphere offer fewer opportunities to observe and document land features with onboard cameras. However, South America’s Patagonian Ice Fields and glaciers in the far southern Andes mountains offer beautiful, dynamic features with frequent passes whenever weather conditions permit. On the afternoon of January 3, 2004, the crew took this view of the Upsala Glacier in Argentina. A worldwide retreat of glaciers was observed during the twentieth century and most of the Patagonia’s glaciers, including Upsala, were no exception.

Published Feb 2, 2004

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Last Call for Larsen B
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Last Call for Larsen B

The remnant of Antarctica’s Larsen B Ice Shelf is flowing faster, becoming increasingly fragmented, and developing large cracks.

Published Jun 9, 2015

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Elephant Foot Glacier
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Elephant Foot Glacier

A piedmont-type glacier fans out across a plain in northeast Greenland.

Published Feb 20, 2015

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A Surprising Surge at Vavilov Ice Cap
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A Surprising Surge at Vavilov Ice Cap

An outlet glacier in the Russian High Arctic has scientists rethinking how rapidly glaciers in cold, dry areas can move.

Published Apr 8, 2019

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Ice on the Move in Patagonia
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Ice on the Move in Patagonia

The glaciers of Patagonia are some of the fastest and most erosive on Earth.

Published Jul 14, 2017

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South Patagonian Icefield
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South Patagonian Icefield

The weather can often be fierce, but clouds cooperated for this expansive space-based view of the icefield.

Published Jun 28, 2017

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Fast-Flowing Glaciers Thin Greenland and Antarctic Ice Sheets
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Fast-Flowing Glaciers Thin Greenland and Antarctic Ice Sheets

To understand how fast-moving glaciers are changing the ice sheets, scientists devised a method to map elevation change using data from ICESat.

Published Oct 3, 2009

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Matusevich Glacier
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Matusevich Glacier

Acquired September 6, 2010, this natural-color image shows chunks of ice breaking off Matusevich Glacier along the coast of Antarctica.

Published Nov 7, 2010

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Northern Patagonian Ice Field, Chile
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Northern Patagonian Ice Field, Chile

The Northern Patagonian Ice Field (NPIF), centered near 47°S, 73.5°W, is the smaller of two remnant ice masses crowning the Andes Mountains of lower South America. The NPIF is a vestige of an extensive ice sheet that covered much of Patagonia just over a million years ago. Today, with its glaciers largely in retreat and only an area of 4,200 sq km, it is still the largest continuous mass of ice outside of the polar regions.

Published Feb 2, 2002

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Heiltskuk Icefield, British Columbia
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Heiltskuk Icefield, British Columbia

This detailed astronaut photograph shows Canada’ Heiltskuk Icefield—mostly covered by snow across the upper mountain slopes—and two major valley glaciers that extend from it.

Published Aug 31, 2009

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