Ice & Glaciers

Earth Observatory
Earth Visualization & Mapping
Goddard Space Flight Center
Ice & Glaciers
ICESat-2 (Ice, Cloud and land Elevation Satellite-2)
Topography
A new map of the terrain beneath the Greenland Ice Sheet links hundreds of valleys that previous maps missed or left fragmented.
Posted September 28, 2026
Earth Observatory
Ice & Glaciers
Sea Ice
While the sea ice melt season has lengthened dramatically in most of the satellite era, the trend unexpectedly stabilized around 2010.
Posted September 21, 2026
Earth Observatory
Ice & Glaciers
Landsat 9
Sea Level Rise
In summer 2026, a substantial iceberg calved from Petermann Glacier in northwest Greenland and swiftly drifted into Nares Strait, colliding with an island along the way.
Posted September 1, 2026
Earth Observatory
Ice & Glaciers
Landsat 9
A large iceberg, observed in summer 2026, had drifted more than 1,000 kilometers south from the northeastern Greenland bay where it likely originated.
Posted August 20, 2026
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
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