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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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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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Finding Water in Snow
Published April 3, 2014
Flying over the Sierras in a Twin Otter aircraft, NASA scientists are finding new ways to measure the amount of water stored in the winter snowpack with greater accuracy than ever before.
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A Tale of Two Mountains
Published March 30, 2014
While Californians wondered what happened to the snow, those in Wyoming and Montana wondered when the snow would stop falling.
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