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Rhone Glacier, Switzerland
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Rhone Glacier, Switzerland

Published Oct 29, 2006

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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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Turkish Glaciers
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Turkish Glaciers

In southeastern Turkey, glaciers slide down bowl-shaped valleys amidst a shadowy landscape of cirques and arêtes.

Published Oct 13, 2012

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College Fjord, Alaska
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College Fjord, Alaska

Published Jan 3, 2006

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Retreat of the Tasman Glacier
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Retreat of the Tasman Glacier

NIWA scientists stated that this glacier had retreated by 5 kilometers (about 3 miles) over the previous three decades. They also stated that New Zealand glaciers on the whole had lost 5.8 cubic kilometers (roughly 1.4 cubic miles) over the same time period.

Published Jan 27, 2008

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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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Retreat of Novatak and East Novatak Glacier
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Retreat of Novatak and East Novatak Glacier

Landsat satellites watched as glaciers in southeastern Alaska fell back by more than a kilometer over a 25-year period.

Published Aug 14, 2014

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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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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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Heiltskuk Icefield, British Columbia
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Heiltskuk Icefield, British Columbia

This detailed astronaut photograph shows Canada’ Heiltskuk Icefield—mostly covered by snow across the upper mountain slopes—and two major valley glaciers that extend from it.

Published Aug 31, 2009

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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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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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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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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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Distinct Faces of Zmutt, Findelen, and Gorner Glaciers
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Distinct Faces of Zmutt, Findelen, and Gorner Glaciers

Colorful bands of debris coat the surface of Zmutt Glacier and Gorner Glacier in the Swiss Alps. NASA scientist Kimberly Casey has developed new methods to map their composition with satellites.

Published Jul 11, 2013

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