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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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Mýrdalsjökull Then and Now
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Mýrdalsjökull Then and Now

Climate and volcanoes transform an ice cap in Iceland.

Published Nov 13, 2014

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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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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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Penny Ice Cap in 1979 and 2000
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Penny Ice Cap in 1979 and 2000

Penny Ice Cap is the southernmost of Canada’s big ice caps. Like other glaciers and ice caps in the Northern Hemisphere, the Penny has been thinning and its valley glaciers have been retreating in recent decades.

Published Sep 18, 2008

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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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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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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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Retreat of Yakutat Glacier
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Retreat of Yakutat Glacier

Natural processes and human-caused warming have combined to bring rapid change to a glacier in southeastern Alaska.

Published Aug 20, 2014

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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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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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Barnes Ice Cap, Baffin Island, Canada
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Barnes Ice Cap, Baffin Island, Canada

Acquired September 4, 2010, this natural-color image shows part of the Barnes Icecap and adjoining Gee Lake on Baffin Island.

Published Oct 10, 2010

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