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Stonebreen’s Beating Heart
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The glacier in southeastern Svalbard pulses with the changing seasons, speeding up and slowing its flow toward the sea.

Feb 13, 2026
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Tracking Glacial Change with Landsat and Radar 
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NASA Scientist Alex Gardner highlights how Landsat made his research into the dynamics of glacial flow possible.

Feb 4, 2026
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Fire on Ice: The Arctic’s Changing Fire Regime
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An increasingly flammable landscape combined with more lightning strikes is leading to larger, more frequent, and more intense fires than…

Jan 14, 2026
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Satellites Detect Seasonal Pulses in Earth’s Glaciers
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From Alaska’s Saint Elias Mountains to Pakistan’s Karakoram, glaciers speed up and slow down with the seasons.

Dec 3, 2025
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Arctic Sea Ice Reaches Annual Low
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With the end of summer approaching in the Northern Hemisphere, the extent of sea ice in the Arctic shrank to…

Sep 17, 2025
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Greenland Ice Sheet Gets a Refresh
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A moderately intense season of surface melting left part of the ice sheet dirty gray in summer 2025, but snowfall…

Sep 13, 2025
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Alaska’s Brand New Island
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A landmass that was once encased in the ice of the Alsek Glacier is now surrounded by water.

Sep 8, 2025
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Thinning Arctic Sea Ice
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Sea ice is frozen seawater that floats in the ocean. This photo, taken from NASA’s Gulfstream V Research Aircraft on July…

Sep 3, 2025
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Freeze Frames Quiz
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Test your knowledge of the many varieties of frozen water and how these icy realms are connected to climate change.

Aug 25, 2025
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