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New Studies Get to the Bottom of Antarctic Melting
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New Studies Get to the Bottom of Antarctic Melting

Researchers from NASA and the University of California, Irvine (UCI) have gained an unprecedented view of ice melting on the floating undersides of glaciers. In the process, they detected the fastest ongoing rates of glacier retreat ever observed in West Antarctica.

Published Oct 30, 2016

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Malaspina on the Move
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Malaspina on the Move

More than 30 years of ice velocity data are helping scientists tease out how mountain glaciers respond to climate change.

Published Sep 11, 2019

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Fast-Flowing Glaciers Thin Greenland and Antarctic Ice Sheets
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Fast-Flowing Glaciers Thin Greenland and Antarctic Ice Sheets

To understand how fast-moving glaciers are changing the ice sheets, scientists devised a method to map elevation change using data from ICESat.

Published Oct 3, 2009

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Last Call for Larsen B
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Last Call for Larsen B

The remnant of Antarctica’s Larsen B Ice Shelf is flowing faster, becoming increasingly fragmented, and developing large cracks.

Published Jun 9, 2015

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More Glaciers in East Antarctica Are Waking Up
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More Glaciers in East Antarctica Are Waking Up

Satellites detect changes in the height and velocity of ice in an area that was thought to be relatively stable and quiet.

Published Dec 11, 2018

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Balance of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet
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Balance of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet

The image above depicts the region of West Antarctica where scientists measured ice speed. The fast-moving central ice streams are shown in red. Slower tributaries feeding the ice streams are shown in blue. Green areas depict slow-moving, stable areas. Thick black lines depict the areas that collect snowfall to feed their respective ice streams.

Published Jan 25, 2002

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Pine Island Glacier Births New ‘Berg
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Pine Island Glacier Births New ‘Berg

The 185-square-kilometer hunk of ice is afloat in the Amundsen Sea, off the coast of West Antarctica.

Published Oct 3, 2017

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Denman Glacier Losing Some of Its Footing
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Denman Glacier Losing Some of Its Footing

Scientists are concerned about the stability of a glacier that could significantly raise sea level.

Published May 13, 2020

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Roze Glacier, Novaya Zemlya
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Roze Glacier, Novaya Zemlya

Acquired June 5, 2011, this natural-color image shows Roze Glacier on the coast of Novaya Zemlya, Russia.

Published Sep 18, 2011

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Thinning at Hektoria and Green Glaciers
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Thinning at Hektoria and Green Glaciers

Since the dramatic disintegration of the Larsen-B ice shelf in 2002, thinning and ice loss from nearby tributary glaciers has continued unabated.

Published Oct 25, 2012

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Kong Oscar Glacier, Greenland
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Kong Oscar Glacier, Greenland

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

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A Surprising Surge at Vavilov Ice Cap
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A Surprising Surge at Vavilov Ice Cap

An outlet glacier in the Russian High Arctic has scientists rethinking how rapidly glaciers in cold, dry areas can move.

Published Apr 8, 2019

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Ice on the Move in Patagonia
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Ice on the Move in Patagonia

The glaciers of Patagonia are some of the fastest and most erosive on Earth.

Published Jul 14, 2017

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First Map of Antarctica’s Moving Ice
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First Map of Antarctica’s Moving Ice

Scientists mapped the motion of Antarctica’s ice sheets and revealed unexpected patterns.

Published Aug 19, 2011

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Retreat of Jakobshavn Glacier, Greenland
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Retreat of Jakobshavn Glacier, Greenland

At the end of May, many square kilometers of ice crumbled from Greenland’s Jakobshavn glacier, continuing a century-long retreat.

Published Jun 11, 2014

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New Map of Antarctica’s Icy Edge
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New Map of Antarctica’s Icy Edge

This image shows the latest estimate of the ice edge around Law Promontory, which juts out from East Antarctica’s coastline near Stefansson Bay.

Published Jul 23, 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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Mapping the Speed of Ice
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Mapping the Speed of Ice

Better Landsat imaging and creative use of software is allowing scientists to map details of changing glaciers and ice sheets.

Published Dec 14, 2016

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Glacial “Aftershock” Spawns Antarctic Iceberg
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Glacial “Aftershock” Spawns Antarctic Iceberg

Pine Island Glacier has shed another block of ice into Antarctic waters.

Published Feb 15, 2017

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Astrolabe Glacier and Unbalanced Ice
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Astrolabe Glacier and Unbalanced Ice

Located in East Antarctica, Astrolabe Glacier streams out from the interior of Antarctica to dump ice into the sea.

Published Mar 26, 2011

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Thwaites Glacier Transformed
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Thwaites Glacier Transformed

The amount of ice flowing from the Antarctic glacier has doubled in the span of three decades, and scientists think it could undergo even more dramatic changes in the near future.

Published Feb 6, 2020

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Slowdown of the Southwest Greenland Ice Sheet
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Slowdown of the Southwest Greenland Ice Sheet

Sections of the Greenland Ice Sheet that end on land are slowing—a sliver of good news for sea level rise.

Published Oct 30, 2015

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Greenland’s Leidy Glacier
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Greenland’s Leidy Glacier

Crisscrossing glaciers in northwest Greenland flow along the path of least resistance.

Published Jan 22, 2015

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Antarctic Sea Ice Reaches New Maximum Extent
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Antarctic Sea Ice Reaches New Maximum Extent

This map shows sea ice extent around Antarctica on September 22, 2013, when ice covered more of the Southern Ocean than at any other time in the satellite record.

Published Oct 1, 2013

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