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Articles, resources, and announcements from Cryosphere.
Canadian RADARSAT data is used to indicate the presence of open water in polar ice.
Feature Article
July 22, 2020
Synthetic aperture radar is used to study transmutations of ice.
Feature Article
July 22, 2020
A CD-ROM based series of lessons and activities help middle school children learn about glaciers.
Feature Article
July 22, 2020
The Larsen B Ice Shelf disintegrated within 35 days between January 31 and March 7, 2002.
Feature Article
July 22, 2020
Researchers link the Greenland snow melt anomaly to the eruption of Mount Pinatubo.
Feature Article
July 22, 2020
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
Alaska's Denali Fault experienced a magnitude 7.9 earthquake in 2002.
Feature Article
July 21, 2020
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
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