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Ice Sheet Analysis
In 2017, the cumulative daily melt area for the Greenland Ice Sheet was the smallest since 1996, yet still higher than any year between 1979 and 1994 (1995 was a high melt season).
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Spotlight
Roger G. Barry, founding director of the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC), passed away on March 19, 2018, concluding a distinguished career in the study of the cryosphere and mountain climates.
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Feature Story
In September 2017, NSIDC researcher Colleen Strawhacker and her team received a 4-year National Science Foundation (NSF) grant to bring Indigenous people and scientists from the Arctic and US Southwest together.