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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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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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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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Ice Loss in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago
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Ice Loss in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago

These color-coded maps show ice mass changes in the northern Canadian Arctic Archipelago from 2004 to 2009.

Published Jun 1, 2011

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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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Recovery Ice Stream
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Recovery Ice Stream

A slab of ice larger than the continental United States smothers much of East Antarctica. Draining from the East Antarctic Ice Sheet is a river of ice nearly 800 kilometers long. This stream, the Recovery Ice Stream, slides roughly 35 billion tons of ice into the ocean each year.

Published Apr 26, 2007

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Glaciers in the Tropics, but Not for Long
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Glaciers in the Tropics, but Not for Long

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

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Subglacial Lakes, Antarctica
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Subglacial Lakes, Antarctica

To the untrained eye, Antarctica may look like a giant piece of solid ice that rarely changes, but scientists studying the continent have long known better. The icy surface is dynamic, with glaciers and "streams" of ice flowing toward the ocean.

Published Apr 27, 2007

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A Mélange of Ice
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A Mélange of Ice

NASA aircraft return to the Arctic to assess the health of the region’s ice.

Published May 3, 2012

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Antarctica’s Changing Larsen Ice Shelf
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Antarctica’s Changing Larsen Ice Shelf

When this closely watched slab of floating ice births a giant iceberg, it will not be the first time it has seen dramatic change.

Published Feb 7, 2017

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Bottoms Up for Antarctic Ice
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Bottoms Up for Antarctic Ice

Researchers working in Antarctica have found evidence of large-scale ice making at the bottom of that continent's massive ice sheets.

Published Apr 21, 2011

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Oldest Arctic Sea Ice is Disappearing
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Oldest Arctic Sea Ice is Disappearing

Thick ice that used to last through multiple summers has been in steep decline for three decades.

Published Mar 1, 2012

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Kilimanjaro’s Shrinking Ice Fields
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Kilimanjaro’s Shrinking Ice Fields

A recent expedition revealed a new rift in Kilimanjaro’s northern ice field.

Published Nov 8, 2012

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