Thermal infrared imagery spots the cracks and a new ice island through the dark of the Antarctic winter night.
Published Jul 28, 2013
Pine Island Glacier has shed another block of ice into Antarctic waters.
Published Feb 15, 2017
Calving that used to happen about every six years has become a near-annual event.
Published Nov 8, 2018Image of the Day Snow and Ice Remote Sensing Sea and Lake Ice
Three polynyas—circular areas free of sea ice—provide tantalizing clues as to why Antarctica’s Pine Island Glacier is melting at an astonishing 100 meters per year.
Published Nov 18, 2011
As this Antarctic glacier sheds huge icebergs more frequently, scientists are closely monitoring the retreat.
Published May 13, 2019
As spring clears out sea ice from Pine Island Bay, the birth of a massive new iceberg may be more likely.
Published Nov 24, 2012
The 185-square-kilometer hunk of ice is afloat in the Amundsen Sea, off the coast of West Antarctica.
Published Oct 3, 2017
Over the course of five months in Antarctic spring and summer, NASA’s Terra and Aqua satellites captured a series of images of ice island B31.
Published Apr 18, 2014
A large crack running across the Pine Island Glacier in this satellite image is the beginning of the birth of a new giant iceberg.
Published Nov 16, 2011
Images from the German satellite TerraSar-X shows how a rift on Antarctica’s Pine Island Glacier grew between October 2011 and September 2012.
Published Oct 19, 2012
Scientists merged photographs and laser altimetry data to create a virtual journey through the crack in Antarctica's Pine Island Glacier.
Published Feb 29, 2012
The Pine Island Glacier has been the focus of scientific attention for many years. Large numbers of deep crevasses are a sign that parts of the glacier are moving rapidly.
Published Jan 11, 2008
Thermal infrared imagery shows the ice island—which calved off of Pine Island Glacier—after winter darkness has set in.
Published May 15, 2014
The rift in the glacier is now completely open, and a large iceberg is moving out into Pine Island Bay.
Published Nov 14, 2013
The amount of ice flowing from the Antarctic glacier has doubled in the span of three decades, and scientists think it could undergo even more dramatic changes in the near future.
Published Feb 6, 2020
Researchers working on Operation Icebridge captured fresh photos and data from the ice on the bottom of the world.
Published Nov 10, 2012
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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