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Photograph of meltwater streams on the Greenland Ice Sheet during the summer of 2012

CU Boulder to host an NSF-funded Greenland natural science data workshop

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This fall, the University of Colorado (CU) Boulder will host a Greenland natural science data workshop to bring together members of the data and research community to share plans, discuss open opportunities and chart necessary developments in Greenland-focused data and tools to support the next decade of science in service to communities in Greenland and across the globe.

Spring chillin' in Greenland; Antarctica's summer summary

Ice Sheet Analysis

Seasonal surface melting in Greenland got off to a slow start in 2022. In Antarctica, several areas had an intense coastal surface melting pulse at the end of the summer.

A new population of polar bears documented on the southeast coast of Greenland use glacier ice to survive despite limited access to sea ice. This small, genetically distinct group of polar bears could be important to the future of the species in a warming world.

Newly documented population of polar bears in Southeast Greenland sheds light on the species’ future in a warming Arctic

News Release

Scientists have documented a previously unknown subpopulation of polar bears living in Southeast Greenland. The polar bears survive with limited access to sea ice by hunting from freshwater ice that pours into the ocean from Greenland’s glaciers.

Graphic of measurements of Earth's surface in a region of icebergs and glaciers

The mission and support of ICESat-2 data

Spotlight

The NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) Distributed Active Archive Center (DAAC) archives and manages data from the NASA Ice, Cloud, and land Elevation Satellite-2 (ICESat-2). Here is a snapshot of the ICESat-2 mission and its data.

Highs and lows as snow season ends

Snow Analysis

Snow-covered area for the western United States was 119 percent of average for May with above average snow cover in the North outbalancing below average snow cover in the South. Snow cover days remained well below average...

A fjord in Greenland shows spectacular coastal ridges

NSIDC DAAC makes altimetry data more accessible

Spotlight

The NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center (NSIDC DAAC) offers an interactive tool called IceFlow to harmonize nearly 30 years of lidar data.

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