Losing Ice in Svalbard

Several tidewater glaciers in the southern part of Spitsbergen are retreating because of rising air temperatures.

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NASA Earth Observatory images by Lauren Dauphin, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey. Story by Adam Voiland.

Published June 25, 2018
Data acquired August 20, 1990 - August 19, 2017

Sources:

Landsat 5 > TM

Landsat 8 > OLI