This series of globes from June–August 2009 shows how sea ice, snow, and ice sheets in the Northern Hemisphere reflect large amounts of incoming sunlight and help keep the Arctic cool in the summer.
Published Oct 29, 2009
Captured near the end of 2012, this image shows a mixture of sea ice, land ice, and fresh snow.
Published Jan 6, 2013
Acquired March 29, 2011, this photograph shows canyons along the coast of northwestern Greenland.
Published May 1, 2011
Fjords wind between icy, rocky islands and peninsulas, and connect inland areas to an ice-choked ocean.
Published Aug 3, 2018
Acquired May 31, 2012, and July 12, 2012, these images compare conditions along the Watson River at Kangerlussuaq, which was struck by floods in July 2012.
Published Jul 27, 2012
Historic photographs show glacial retreat since the early 1900s.
Published Dec 16, 2014
On Greenland, tens of thousands of years of snowfall have settled and solidified into a massive sheet of ice. Each summer, snow retreats briefly at low elevations, and a narrow strip of rocky coastline emerges. While some seasonal thawing is typical on Greenland, more dramatic changes are probably in store for the Greenland Ice Sheet in coming decades and centuries.
Published Aug 30, 2007
Summer snowmelt along the flank of Greenland’s Humboldt Glacier exposes layers of ice from ancient climate periods.
Published Sep 28, 2019
The northern fringes of Greenland's ice sheet saw extreme melting in 2008, according to NASA scientist Marco Tedesco and his colleagues.
Published Feb 25, 2009
Melt ponds on the surface, exposed rock, and changes in snow cover are reducing the reflection of sunlight, causing even more melting.
Published Jan 10, 2012
Not all parts of Greenland are entirely covered with ice.
Published Dec 30, 2015
Eleven days after launch, the Global Precipitation Mission acquired this unique view of an extra-tropical cyclone over the North Pacific Ocean.
Published Mar 26, 2014Image of the Day Atmosphere Water Snow and Ice Remote Sensing
