Tag: ICESat-2 (Ice, Cloud and land Elevation Satellite-2)
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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 Winter Sea Ice Ties Record Low, NASA, NSIDC Scientists Find
For the second consecutive year, winter sea ice in the Arctic reached a level that matches the lowest peak observed since satellite monitoring began in 1979. On March 15, Arctic sea ice extent reached 5.52 million square miles (14.29 million…
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How NASA Tracked the Most Intense Solar Storm in Decades
May 2024 has already proven to be a particularly stormy month for our Sun. During the first full week of May, a barrage of large solar flares and coronal mass ejections (CMEs) launched clouds of charged particles and magnetic fields…