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The image above shows the distribution of permafrost and average maximum extent of seasonally and intermittently frozen ground in the Northern Hemisphere.

Frozen Soils and the Climate System

Interpreting receding glaciers are an important part of the GEWEX GCIP study regions, centered on the Mississippi River Basin.
Feature Article
July 22, 2020
Photograph of cracks in the Larsen B Ice Shelf south of the Seal Nunataks on Mary 13, 2002

Fragment of its Former Shelf

The Larsen B Ice Shelf disintegrated within 35 days between January 31 and March 7, 2002.
Feature Article
July 22, 2020
The image above shows the Greenland Ice Sheet

Fire and Ice

Researchers link the Greenland snow melt anomaly to the eruption of Mount Pinatubo.
Feature Article
July 22, 2020
February 5, 2000. This image captures the iceberg after it split into two sections (A and B).

Disintegration of the Ninnis Glacier Tongue

Many processes that shape the Earth's landscape happen too slowly to be witnessed in a human lifetime. But recent analysis of satellite imagery shows that a large glacier tongue on the coast of East Antarctica has disintegrated, changing the shape of the coastline almost overnight.
Feature Article
July 21, 2020
Although sea ice has increased in some regions, the Arctic has witnessed a net decrease in sea ice.

Climate Clues in the Ice

Arctic sea ice cover is an essential ingredient of Earth's climate system; ocean currents can influence climate by redistributing heat, especially in coastal regions.
Feature Article
July 21, 2020
Roman roads, now pressed into modern service, wind through the Burgundy landscape.

Burgundy through Space and Time

Anthropologists and archaeologists explore how people and the environment interact over thousands of years.
Feature Article
July 21, 2020
The image above shows Arctic sea ice from NASA SSM/I in 2011.

At the Edge

Extent of Arctic sea ice is seen as a sensitive indicator of climate change.
Feature Article
July 21, 2020
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