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Obersulzbach Glacier Plus Four
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Obersulzbach Glacier Plus Four

The retreat of one of Austria’s largest glaciers has stranded some of its tributaries, now classified as separate glaciers.

Published Jul 3, 2015

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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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A Sign of Surging on Bivachny Glacier
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A Sign of Surging on Bivachny Glacier

The looping medial moraines on Tajikistan’s Bivachny glacier offer a clue of periods when it surged rapidly forward.

Published Mar 17, 2015

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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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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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Chorabari Glacier, India
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Chorabari Glacier, India

Because Indian glaciers have not been studied in detail for the past several decades, assessing their long-term trends has been difficult. More recent studies, however, suggest they are vulnerable to rising temperatures, which increased by 2.2 degrees Celsius (3.96 degrees Fahrenheit) between the 1980s and the new millennium.

Published Mar 14, 2008

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Retreat of the Gangotri Glacier
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Retreat of the Gangotri Glacier

Currently 30.2 km long and between 0.5 and 2.5 km wide, Gangotri glacier is one of the largest in the Himalaya. Gangotri has been receding since 1780, although studies show its retreat quickened after 1971.

Published Jun 23, 2004

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Earthquake Shakes Ice from New Zealand Glacier
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Earthquake Shakes Ice from New Zealand Glacier

A magnitude 6.3 earthquake that ravaged Christchurch also broke 30 million tons of ice off the Tasman Glacier.

Published Mar 4, 2011

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Susitna Glacier, Alaska
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Susitna Glacier, Alaska

Acquired August 27, 2009, this false-color image shows the complex marbled surface of Alaska’s Susitna Glacier.

Published Oct 20, 2010

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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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Okjökull Remembered
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Okjökull Remembered

The glacier atop Iceland’s Ok volcano was declared dead in 2014. Satellite images show the latter stages of its decline.

Published Aug 9, 2019

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Ice Could Crumble from Planpincieux Glacier
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Ice Could Crumble from Planpincieux Glacier

The fast-changing glacier is threatening a popular hiking area in the western Alps.

Published Oct 2, 2019

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Siachen Glacier
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Siachen Glacier

At an altitude of roughly 5,400 meters (17,700 feet), the Siachen Glacier in Kashmir is a forbidding place.

Published Apr 23, 2006

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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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Johns Hopkins Glacier
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Johns Hopkins Glacier

While most glaciers in southeast Alaska are losing an astounding amount of ice, this glacier has been relatively stable.

Published Jun 30, 2020

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Malaspina Glacier, Alaska
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Malaspina Glacier, Alaska

The moraines of Malaspina glacier display a dizzying pattern of curves, zigzags, and loops.

Published Oct 11, 2015

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Bhutan, Himalayas
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Bhutan, Himalayas

One of the highest mountain reliefs on Earth can be found in this tiny country sandwiched between eastern India and the Tibetan plateau,

Published Oct 11, 2005

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Malaspina Glacier, Alaska
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Malaspina Glacier, Alaska

Published May 2, 2003

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Losing Ice in Svalbard
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Losing Ice in Svalbard

Several tidewater glaciers in the southern part of Spitsbergen are retreating because of rising air temperatures.

Published Jun 25, 2018

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Is HPS-12 the Fastest Thinning Glacier?
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Is HPS-12 the Fastest Thinning Glacier?

A glacier in Patagonia with a forgettable name is becoming memorable for the speed at which it is losing ice.

Published Oct 29, 2019

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Fedchenko Glacier
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Fedchenko Glacier

The Pamir Mountains contain some of the world’s highest peaks and the longest glacier outside of the polar regions.

Published Aug 26, 2012

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