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Jakobshavn Glacier Retreat
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Jakobshavn Glacier Retreat

Acquired in 2001 and 2010, these natural-color images show substantial retreat in the Jakobshavn Glacier.

Published Jul 15, 2010

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Alaskan Ice in Retreat: 35 Years at Columbia Glacier
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Alaskan Ice in Retreat: 35 Years at Columbia Glacier

Watch the glacier crumble away as it retreats about 15 miles from its initial position in the 1980s.

Published Feb 10, 2022

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Spalte Splits
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Spalte Splits

In summer 2020, a huge piece of ice split off from the Arctic’s largest remaining ice shelf.

Published Oct 1, 2020

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Zachariæ Isstrøm Glacier, Greenland
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Zachariæ Isstrøm Glacier, Greenland

Starting in 2012, a large glacier in northeast Greenland broke loose and entered a phase of accelerated retreat.

Published Dec 4, 2015

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Ice Island Calves off Petermann Glacier
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Ice Island Calves off Petermann Glacier

Acquired July 22, 2010, this high-resolution image shows cracks on the surface of the Petermann Glacier in northwestern Greenland.

Published Aug 11, 2010

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Ice Loss From Jakobshavn Glacier
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Ice Loss From Jakobshavn Glacier

Greenland’s fastest-moving glacier sheds more ice, and continues to retreat at galloping speeds.

Published Aug 20, 2015

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Retreating Ice and Snow in Greenland
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Retreating Ice and Snow in Greenland

In October 2006, a study using data from NASA’s Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) satellites discussed the condition of the Greenland Ice Sheet. The study determined that, although the ice sheet had gained some mass in the interior, it had lost considerably more mass along the perimeter, particularly southeastern Greenland.

Published Nov 25, 2006

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Sermersuaq (Humboldt) Glacier, Greenland
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Sermersuaq (Humboldt) Glacier, Greenland

This pair of images shows the retreat of the Sermersuaq (Humboldt) Glacier in northwestern Greenland between 2000 and 2008. Sermersuaq Glacier is the widest tidewater glacier in the Northern Hemisphere.

Published Dec 16, 2008

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Jakobshavn Glacier
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Jakobshavn Glacier

Where once two streams of ice merged in Greenland’s Jakobshavn Glacier, today there is division and a complex surface riddled with crevasses and melt ponds.

Published Dec 3, 2011

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