Snow & Ice
Snow & Ice Sub-topics
The ice reached its third-lowest maximum extent since satellite observations began.
Satellite records show Arctic sea ice covering less of the ocean in both winter and summer.
A new map of the terrain beneath the Greenland Ice Sheet links hundreds of valleys that previous maps missed or…
While the sea ice melt season has lengthened dramatically in most of the satellite era, the trend unexpectedly stabilized around…
In summer 2026, a substantial iceberg calved from Petermann Glacier in northwest Greenland and swiftly drifted into Nares Strait, colliding…
One narrowing icefall remains the linchpin for the Alpine glacier—and it may not be long for this world.
Back-to-back winter storms in August 2026 brought snowfall to northern Chile, from the Andes to near the Pacific coast.
A large iceberg, observed in summer 2026, had drifted more than 1,000 kilometers south from the northeastern Greenland bay where…
New animations from NASA's PREFIRE mission reveal two years of seasonal temperature swings at the Arctic and Antarctic.
The expanse of glacial ice on Canada’s Baffin Island lost its snow cover quickly and early in summer 2026, revealing…
The color of Adélie penguin droppings reveals what the birds are eating, offering scientists a way to track how sea…
Snow-capped mountains carved by deep river valleys preside over northwestern Washington state.
Sediment eroded from ice-capped mountains splays out across a broad river valley on Russia’s Severny Island.
Drifting sea ice fragments near Alaska’s Saint Lawrence and Nunivak islands and colorful water around the Yukon Delta heralded the…
Ice splintered off the southern Patagonia glacier and drifted across a growing glacial lake.
Spring melt along Alaska’s Kuskokwim River caused ice jams and flooding.
A landslide-triggered tsunami stripped vegetation from the shore of the glacial fjord in summer 2025.
Icy, isolated Peter I Island stirred up a show in the atmosphere off the West Antarctic coast.
