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The view of Antarctica, typically a very cloudy continent, was made clear in 1996 by a satellite image map

Visions of a Cloudy Continent

New products reveal subtle surface features of Antarctica previously not perceptible.

Feature Article

July 28, 2020

A researcher observes the edge of the Greenland Ice Sheet in 2001. (Image courtesy of Ted Scambos, National Snow and Ice Data Center, University of Colorado at Boulder).

Vanishing Ice

By the end of the 2002 season, the total area of surface melt on the Greenland Ice Sheet had broken all known records.

Feature Article

July 28, 2020

In this QuikSCAT image, ocean colors indicate wind speed (blue is low, yellow is high), and white streamlines indicate wind direction.

Teaching Old Data New Tricks

20 years after NASA launched a new radar remote sensing instrument called a scatterometer on the Seasat satellite, data from that first scatterometer and its descendants have opened up new possibilities for scientists who study climate change.

Feature Article

July 28, 2020

Glaciologists used MAMM radar data to clock the movement of glaciers feeding the enormous Ross Ice Shelf.

Space-Based Ice Sight

After a century of exploration and research, much remains unknown about the so-called seventh continent of Antarctica.

Feature Article

July 28, 2020

This ASTER image, acquired on July 23, 2001, shows Aletsch Glacier, the largest glacier of Europe. (Image by NASA Earth Observatory Team, based on data provided by the ASTER Science Team)

Sizing up Earth's Glaciers

In the Alps, glaciers are retreating and disappearing every year, much to the dismay of mountain climbers, tourist agencies, and environmental researchers.

Feature Article

July 28, 2020

Taken on March 3, 2000, this image shows the Ross Ice Shelf prior to the calving of iceberg B15.

New Light on Ice Motion

NASA ESDIS article describing research uses of data - MODIS aids the study and interpretation of the history of Antarctic temperature and climate records.

Feature Article

July 22, 2020