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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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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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Kong Oscar Glacier, Greenland
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Kong Oscar Glacier, Greenland

The heavily crevassed terminus of Kong Oscar Glacier in northwestern Greenland crumbles into a mélange of icebergs in the Davis Strait.

Published Aug 25, 2010

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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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Ice Varieties along the Antarctic Coast
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Ice Varieties along the Antarctic Coast

The land and sea along Antarctica’s Mawson Coast offer a study in ice forms.

Published Dec 31, 2011

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Matusevich Glacier
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Matusevich Glacier

Acquired September 6, 2010, this natural-color image shows chunks of ice breaking off Matusevich Glacier along the coast of Antarctica.

Published Nov 7, 2010

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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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A Mélange of Ice
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A Mélange of Ice

NASA aircraft return to the Arctic to assess the health of the region’s ice.

Published May 3, 2012

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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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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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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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Decline of West Antarctic Glaciers Appears Irreversible
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Decline of West Antarctic Glaciers Appears Irreversible

The Amundsen Sea segment of the ice sheet has begun a melting process that will result in its loss, possibly within the next few hundred years.

Published May 16, 2014

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Fast-Flowing Glaciers Thin Greenland and Antarctic Ice Sheets
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Fast-Flowing Glaciers Thin Greenland and Antarctic Ice Sheets

To understand how fast-moving glaciers are changing the ice sheets, scientists devised a method to map elevation change using data from ICESat.

Published Oct 3, 2009

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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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Sea Ice and Icebergs off East Antarctica
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Sea Ice and Icebergs off East Antarctica

Acquired October 7, 2011, this natural-color image shows an ice menagerie off the coast of East Antarctica.

Published Oct 23, 2011

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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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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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