Snow & Ice
Snow & Ice Sub-topics
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…
Antarctic Iceberg A-23A’s journey ends in fragmentation in the South Atlantic Ocean, after a 40-year lifespan documented by satellites.
An early autumn storm left higher elevations in southern Argentina with a fresh and fleeting coat of white.
Patches of open water in the region contributed to low sea ice extent across the Arctic in March 2026, which…
A network of meltwater lakes and drainage channels made an Antarctic ice shelf known for its blue ice areas even…
During the 2022 summer melt season, sediment plumes and fractured sea ice traced swirling eddies in a branch of the…
