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Retreat of the Columbia Glacier
Published October 31, 2014
The recent retreat of the glacier’s West Branch took scientists by surprise.
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Blizzard in Nepal
Published October 22, 2014
Remnants of Cyclone Hudhud quickly turned into a snowy hazard for hikers in the Himalaya.
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A Tale of Two Poles
Published September 24, 2014
The 2014 arctic sea ice minimum is the sixth lowest on record, while antarctic sea ice continues to exceed the record maximum extent.
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Quake-Induced Avalanche?
Published September 12, 2014
Scientists were in the right place at the right time to detect an avalanche and changes in a glacial melt pond.
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The Randolph Glacier Inventory
Published June 26, 2014
The first global catalog of glaciers is helping scientists get a better handle on how much sea levels could rise in coming years.
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Swimming with Ice Cubes
Published June 12, 2014
Summer beachgoers and fishers have been getting a wintery surprise on Lake Superior.
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Retreat of Jakobshavn Glacier, Greenland
Published June 11, 2014
At the end of May, many square kilometers of ice crumbled from Greenland’s Jakobshavn glacier, continuing a century-long retreat.
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Randolph Glacier Inventory
Published June 6, 2014
Glaciers are found at high altitudes or high latitudes.
Melting Ice on Lake Baikal
Published May 12, 2014
The world’s deepest lake was shedding some of its ice cover when the space station passed over in April 2014.
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Persistent Ice on Lake Superior
Published April 24, 2014
Ice cover on the world’s largest freshwater lake remains significantly above average for mid-April.
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Thwaites Glacier from Sentinel-1A
Published April 22, 2014
Icebergs surround the edge of Antarctica’s Thwaites Glacier in one of the first images to come from the European Space Agency’s new Sentinel-1A satellite.
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Green Bay, Wisconsin
Published March 24, 2014
Snow and ice cover the landscape around this basin of Lake Michigan.
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