Acquired in 2001 and 2010, these natural-color images show substantial retreat in the Jakobshavn Glacier.
Published Jul 15, 2010
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
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 pair of images shows the retreat of the Sermersuaq (Humboldt) Glacier in northwestern Greenland between 2000 and 2008. Sermersuaq Glacier is the widest tidewater glacier in the Northern Hemisphere.
Published Dec 16, 2008
In October 2006, a study using data from NASA’s Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) satellites discussed the condition of the Greenland Ice Sheet. The study determined that, although the ice sheet had gained some mass in the interior, it had lost considerably more mass along the perimeter, particularly southeastern Greenland.
Published Nov 25, 2006
The heavily crevassed terminus of Kong Oscar Glacier in northwestern Greenland crumbles into a mélange of icebergs in the Davis Strait.
Published Aug 25, 2010
Acquired August 5, 2010 , and July 28, 2010, these natural-color images show the Petermann Glacier before and after the calving of a massive iceberg.
Published Aug 10, 2010
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
In the early summer of 2011, the Medvezhiy Glacier in Tajikistan slid abruptly down its valley, creating a glacial lake.
Published Jul 30, 2011
