Ice & Glaciers

CubeSats
Earth Observatory
Earth Visualization & Mapping
Energy Balance
Heat & Radiation
Ice & Glaciers
New animations from NASA’s PREFIRE mission reveal two years of seasonal temperature swings at the Arctic and Antarctic.
Posted August 7, 2026
Earth Observatory
Ice & Glaciers
Landsat 9
Snow
The expanse of glacial ice on Canada’s Baffin Island lost its snow cover quickly and early in summer 2026, revealing a network of melt features.
Posted August 3, 2026
Earth Observatory
Ice & Glaciers
Surface Water
Topography
Snow-capped mountains carved by deep river valleys preside over northwestern Washington state.
Posted July 23, 2026
NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar)
Cryosphere
Earth
Earth Science
Earth Science Division
Ice & Glaciers
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
As of July 20, the public can access data from the two powerful radar instruments aboard the NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar) satellite. Teams in the United States and India will release files processed from the satellite’s L-band and S-band radars on an ongoing basis, helping researchers and other users track the movement of Earth’s […]
Posted July 21, 2026
Air Quality
Clouds
Earth
Ice & Glaciers
Landslides
Wildfires
The first of six new airborne campaigns will hit the skies this summer.
Posted July 20, 2026
Earth Observatory
Ice & Glaciers
Landsat 9
Surface Water
Topography
Sediment eroded from ice-capped mountains splays out across a broad river valley on Russia’s Severny Island.
Posted July 14, 2026
Clouds
Earth Observatory
Ice & Glaciers
Landsat 8 / LDCM (Landsat Data Continuity Mission)
Icy, isolated Peter I Island stirred up a show in the atmosphere off the West Antarctic coast.
Posted May 7, 2026
Earth Observatory
Ice & Glaciers
Landsat 8 / LDCM (Landsat Data Continuity Mission)
Remote Sensing Technology
Sea Level Rise
Topography
Scientists relied on satellite data to understand how the Antarctic glacier lost so much ice so rapidly.
Posted May 4, 2026
Earth Observatory
Ice & Glaciers
Landsat 9
A network of meltwater lakes and drainage channels made an Antarctic ice shelf known for its blue ice areas even bluer.
Posted March 30, 2026
Earth Observatory
Ice & Glaciers
Landsat 8 / LDCM (Landsat Data Continuity Mission)
Ocean Circulation
Sea Ice
During the 2022 summer melt season, sediment plumes and fractured sea ice traced swirling eddies in a branch of the Nansen Sound fjord system in the Canadian Arctic.
Posted March 16, 2026
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