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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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South Patagonian Icefield
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South Patagonian Icefield

The weather can often be fierce, but clouds cooperated for this expansive space-based view of the icefield.

Published Jun 28, 2017

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Retreat of the Sierra de Sangra Glaciers
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Retreat of the Sierra de Sangra Glaciers

Ice loss in Patagonia has struck more than just the largest and most frequently studied ice fields.

Published Feb 23, 2016

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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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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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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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Viedma Glacier, Argentina
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Viedma Glacier, Argentina

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

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Ice Loss Slows Down Asian Glaciers
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Ice Loss Slows Down Asian Glaciers

Melting and thinning of high-mountain glaciers makes them flow less due to gravity.

Published Dec 14, 2018

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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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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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Brüggen Glacier, Chile
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Brüggen Glacier, Chile

Brüggen Glacier in southern Chile is the largest western outflow from the Southern Patagonian Ice Field and, unlike most glaciers worldwide, advanced significantly since 1945. From 1945 to 1976, Brüggen surged 5 km across the Eyre Fjord, reaching the western shore by 1962 and cutting off Lake Greve from the sea.

Published Dec 9, 2001

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Glacial Retreat in Argentina
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Glacial Retreat in Argentina

For the crew onboard the International Space Station daylight views of the Earth’s Southern Hemisphere offer fewer opportunities to observe and document land features with onboard cameras. However, South America’s Patagonian Ice Fields and glaciers in the far southern Andes mountains offer beautiful, dynamic features with frequent passes whenever weather conditions permit. On the afternoon of January 3, 2004, the crew took this view of the Upsala Glacier in Argentina. A worldwide retreat of glaciers was observed during the twentieth century and most of the Patagonia’s glaciers, including Upsala, were no exception.

Published Feb 2, 2004

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