Snow & Ice
Snow & Ice Sub-topics
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.
Near-constant activity continues on the volcano in Russia.
Scientists relied on satellite data to understand how the Antarctic glacier lost so much ice so rapidly.
The mountains of Utah and Colorado are among the areas of the western U.S. that are low on snow and…
Welcome to the Ice-sheet and Sea-level System Model (ISSM) website (formerly, Ice Sheet System Model). ISSM is the result of…
