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Red and green snow algae increase snowmelt in the Antarctic Peninsula

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Red and green algae that grow on snow in the Antarctic Peninsula (AP) cause significant extra snowmelt on par with melt from dust on snow in the Rocky Mountains, according to a first-of-its-kind scientific research

La Niña's unexceptional snow

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December snow-covered area and snow cover days in the western United States were below average compared to the previous 20 years. Storms in mid-December bolstered the snow-covered area but not enough to bring it close to the December average.

Announcing Antarctica Today

Ice Sheet Analysis

As the Southern Hemisphere enters into the full of swing of summer, parts of the Antarctic Ice Sheet are experiencing surface melting.

Downloads of ICESat-2 Data Files Hit 10 Million

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In September 2018, NASA launched the Ice, Cloud and land Elevation Satellite-2 (ICESat-2) to help scientists investigate why and how much the frozen parts of our world are changing as a result of globa

Greenland's 2020 melt season in review

Ice Sheet Analysis

The 2020 melt season in Greenland is over, finishing thirteenth for cumulative melt-day extent in the 42-year satellite record. Melt extent was greater than any year prior to 2002, with about 70 percent of the ice sheet experiencing some melting.

This image was provided by NASA from the ITS_LIVE project.

Coastal Greenland reshaped as Greenland Ice Sheet mass loss accelerates

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Ice loss from the Greenland Ice Sheet has accelerated significantly over the past two decades, transforming the shape of the ice sheet edge and therefore coastal Greenland, according to

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