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Obersulzbach Glacier Plus Four
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Obersulzbach Glacier Plus Four

The retreat of one of Austria’s largest glaciers has stranded some of its tributaries, now classified as separate glaciers.

Published Jul 3, 2015

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College Fjord, Alaska
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College Fjord, Alaska

Published Jan 3, 2006

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Okjökull Remembered
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Okjökull Remembered

The glacier atop Iceland’s Ok volcano was declared dead in 2014. Satellite images show the latter stages of its decline.

Published Aug 9, 2019

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Retreat of the Gangotri Glacier
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Retreat of the Gangotri Glacier

Currently 30.2 km long and between 0.5 and 2.5 km wide, Gangotri glacier is one of the largest in the Himalaya. Gangotri has been receding since 1780, although studies show its retreat quickened after 1971.

Published Jun 23, 2004

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Bhutan, Himalayas
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Bhutan, Himalayas

One of the highest mountain reliefs on Earth can be found in this tiny country sandwiched between eastern India and the Tibetan plateau,

Published Oct 11, 2005

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Rhone Glacier, Switzerland
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Rhone Glacier, Switzerland

Published Oct 29, 2006

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Turkish Glaciers Shrink By Half
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Turkish Glaciers Shrink By Half

Scientists use Landsat and commercial satellite data to quantify the losses in this mid-latitude glacier belt.

Published Jul 2, 2015

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Losing Ice in Svalbard
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Losing Ice in Svalbard

Several tidewater glaciers in the southern part of Spitsbergen are retreating because of rising air temperatures.

Published Jun 25, 2018

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A Sign of Surging on Bivachny Glacier
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A Sign of Surging on Bivachny Glacier

The looping medial moraines on Tajikistan’s Bivachny glacier offer a clue of periods when it surged rapidly forward.

Published Mar 17, 2015

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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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The Randolph Glacier Inventory
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The Randolph Glacier Inventory

The first global catalog of glaciers is helping scientists get a better handle on how much sea levels could rise in coming years.

Published Jun 26, 2014

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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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