The Tracy and Heilprin Glaciers may not be Greenland’s largest, but they are retreating fast.
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Crisscrossing glaciers in northwest Greenland flow along the path of least resistance.
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Historic photographs show glacial retreat since the early 1900s.
To understand how fast-moving glaciers are changing the ice sheets, scientists devised a method to map elevation change using data from ICESat.
Better Landsat imaging and creative use of software is allowing scientists to map details of changing glaciers and ice sheets.
More than 30 years of ice velocity data are helping scientists tease out how mountain glaciers respond to climate change.
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Fjords wind between icy, rocky islands and peninsulas, and connect inland areas to an ice-choked ocean.
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Ice loss in Patagonia has struck more than just the largest and most frequently studied ice fields.
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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.
A piedmont-type glacier fans out across a plain in northeast Greenland.
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