Tag: Ice & Glaciers
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Uncovering the Valleys Hidden Below Greenland’s Ice
A new map of the terrain beneath the Greenland Ice Sheet links hundreds of valleys that previous maps missed or left fragmented.
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Arctic Melt Season Length Levels Off
While the sea ice melt season has lengthened dramatically in most of the satellite era, the trend unexpectedly stabilized around 2010.
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Pasterze Hangs on as Austria’s Largest Glacier
One narrowing icefall remains the linchpin for the Alpine glacier—and it may not be long for this world.
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An Uncommon Drifter in the Denmark Strait
A large iceberg, observed in summer 2026, had drifted more than 1,000 kilometers south from the northeastern Greenland bay where it likely originated.
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Sensing the Poles’ Hidden Heat
New animations from NASA’s PREFIRE mission reveal two years of seasonal temperature swings at the Arctic and Antarctic.
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A Bare Summer for Barnes Ice Cap
The expanse of glacial ice on Canada’s Baffin Island lost its snow cover quickly and early in summer 2026, revealing a network of melt features.
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Pink Penguin Guano Provides Diet Clues
The color of Adélie penguin droppings reveals what the birds are eating, offering scientists a way to track how sea ice conditions influence their diet.
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Olympic Mountain Glory
Snow-capped mountains carved by deep river valleys preside over northwestern Washington state.
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New NASA Earth Missions Gear Up to Start Science Flights
The first of six new airborne campaigns will hit the skies this summer.
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Fans of the Arctic
Sediment eroded from ice-capped mountains splays out across a broad river valley on Russia’s Severny Island.