Cryosphere

Called IceNode, the project envisions a fleet of autonomous robots that would help determine the melt rate of ice shelves.…

Launching in spring 2024, the two small satellites of the agency’s PREFIRE mission will fill in missing data from Earth’s…

A new, comprehensive analysis of satellite data finds that majority of glaciers on the landmass have retreated significantly. The Greenland…

NISAR will study changes to ice sheets, glaciers, and sea ice in fine detail, as climate change warms the air…

NASA’s Images of Change gallery has added a new feature: "Google Timelapse" view. In addition to comparison views of before-and-after…

Climate change means less snowpack on mountains – and less snowpack means less meltwater is available for nearby communities’ water…

With the Arctic showing more extreme indications of climate change, researchers have found that the movement patterns of animals in…

After a brief period of moderate ice loss, the Greenland ice sheet melted in 2019 at the fastest rate ever…

Glaciers in the High Mountain Asia region could lose substantial amounts of ice over the coming decades, a new modeling…