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
Over 300 glaciers, about one-third of the glaciers in the Lower 48 states, lie within the park boundaries.
Published May 7, 2006
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
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
For one NASA scientist, studying one of Everest’s glaciers with satellites meant going there in person.
Published Aug 10, 2013
Several tidewater glaciers in the southern part of Spitsbergen are retreating because of rising air temperatures.
Published Jun 25, 2018
Scientists use Landsat and commercial satellite data to quantify the losses in this mid-latitude glacier belt.
Published Jul 2, 2015
The looping medial moraines on Tajikistan’s Bivachny glacier offer a clue of periods when it surged rapidly forward.
Published Mar 17, 2015
Rare tropical glaciers in Indonesia are losing ice fast and could disappear entirely within decades. Researchers want to know why.
Published Sep 1, 2012
The Tracy and Heilprin Glaciers may not be Greenland’s largest, but they are retreating fast.
Published Apr 8, 2018
Silty glacial meltwater flows northward up the side of Spitsbergen’s Woodfjorden, pushed to the fjord’s eastern margin by the spin of the Earth.
Published Aug 14, 2005
Like many glaciers around the world, this glacier in the Swiss Alps is shrinking.
Published Apr 1, 2019
Glaciers covered most of the summit during the first half of the 20th century, but have shrunk dramatically since then.
Published Mar 25, 2001
