Straddling the southern Andes Mountains in Chile and Argentina, these glaciers have thinned significantly in the past four decades.
Published Mar 3, 2014
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
NASA aircraft return to the Arctic to assess the health of the region’s ice.
Published May 3, 2012
A photograph by an astronaut on the International Space Station shows a progressively shrinking glacier in the North Patagonian Icefield.
Published Nov 4, 2013
This astronaut photograph shows the merged outlet of two glaciers within the deep fjords of the Southern Patagonian Ice Field.
Published Oct 5, 2009
A recent expedition revealed a new rift in Kilimanjaro’s northern ice field.
Published Nov 8, 2012
Acquired July 22, 2010, this high-resolution image shows cracks on the surface of the Petermann Glacier in northwestern Greenland.
Published Aug 11, 2010
This approximately true-color image shows ice fragments left over from previous breakups of the Wilkins Ice Shelf.
Published Apr 19, 2009
People and satellites keep an eye on when ice on the world’s deepest lake melts each year.
Published May 10, 2012
Thick ice that used to last through multiple summers has been in steep decline for three decades.
Published Mar 1, 2012
A cool spring left several lakes in northern Minnesota covered in ice, weeks beyond the norm.
Published May 17, 2013
Scientists mapped the motion of Antarctica’s ice sheets and revealed unexpected patterns.
Published Aug 19, 2011
