This astronaut photograph was taken looking east as the International Space Station was flying about 100 kilometers (about 62 miles) off the Peruvian coast and shows Cordillera Huayhuash (pronounced “Why-wash”).
Published Jul 21, 2008
This astronaut photograph shows the merged outlet of two glaciers within the deep fjords of the Southern Patagonian Ice Field.
Published Oct 5, 2009
More than 30 years of ice velocity data are helping scientists tease out how mountain glaciers respond to climate change.
Published Sep 11, 2019
Great Aletsch in Switzerland is the largest glacier in Europe.
Published Oct 3, 2016
Though the mountains are located just south of the equator, their elevation is high enough and the air temperatures are cold enough to still support a few small areas of ice.
Published Feb 14, 2018
Melting and thinning of high-mountain glaciers makes them flow less due to gravity.
Published Dec 14, 2018
A recent expedition revealed a new rift in Kilimanjaro’s northern ice field.
Published Nov 8, 2012
The lake is one of hundreds on the Tibetan Plateau.
Published Apr 28, 2019
The Pamir Mountains contain some of the world’s highest peaks and the longest glacier outside of the polar regions.
Published Aug 26, 2012
The melting of stagnant, buried glaciers left North Dakota’s Turtle Mountains pockmarked with depressions that became ponds and lakes.
Published Aug 16, 2015
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
Better Landsat imaging and creative use of software is allowing scientists to map details of changing glaciers and ice sheets.
Published Dec 14, 2016
Ice loss in Patagonia has struck more than just the largest and most frequently studied ice fields.
Published Feb 23, 2016
Acquired June 5, 2011, this natural-color image shows Roze Glacier on the coast of Novaya Zemlya, Russia.
Published Sep 18, 2011
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
The glaciers of Patagonia are some of the fastest and most erosive on Earth.
Published Jul 14, 2017
Straddling the southern Andes Mountains in Chile and Argentina, these glaciers have thinned significantly in the past four decades.
Published Mar 3, 2014
