Acquired on February 19, 2011, this natural-color image shows multicolored glacial lakes extending from Andean glaciers. The lakes extend primarily eastward across the high plain.
Published Mar 11, 2011
The lakes, wetlands, and glacial landscape of Manitoba were shaped by glaciers and ice sheets.
Published Jan 21, 2022
Throughout the Himalayas, many glaciers are retreating and meltwater lakes are growing, putting people at risk downhill and downstream.
Published May 9, 2017
Like an avalanche, a glacial outpouring can scour the hillside, washing away whole villages. But the slow disappearance of glaciers is a threat more subtle, though just as damaging.
Published Dec 23, 2016
Glaciers on these heavenly mountains are a source of freshwater for farmers in Central Asia.
Published Dec 29, 2022
According to a joint press release issued by NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey, the great majority of the world’s glaciers appear to be declining at rates equal to or greater than long-established trends.
Published Jun 4, 2002
The melting of stagnant, buried glaciers left North Dakota’s Turtle Mountains pockmarked with depressions that became ponds and lakes.
Published Aug 16, 2015
Water shaped the unique landscape of southeast China’s Guangxi Province.
Published May 4, 2014
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