A Bare Summer for Barnes Ice Cap
A Bare Summer for Barnes Ice Cap

The expanse of glacial ice on Canada’s Baffin Island lost its snow cover quickly and early in summer 2026, revealing a network of melt features.

Olympic Mountain Glory
Olympic Mountain Glory

Snow-capped mountains carved by deep river valleys preside over northwestern Washington state.

US-India Satellite Delivers Data, Reveals ‘Hummingbird’ in Antarctica
US-India Satellite Delivers Data, Reveals ‘Hummingbird’ in Antarctica

As of July 20, the public can access data from the two powerful radar instruments aboard the NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar) satellite. Teams in the United States and India will release files processed from the satellite’s L-band and S-band radars on an ongoing basis, helping researchers and other users track the movement of Earth’s […]

New NASA Earth Missions Gear Up to Start Science Flights  
New NASA Earth Missions Gear Up to Start Science Flights  

The first of six new airborne campaigns will hit the skies this summer.

Fans of the Arctic
Fans of the Arctic

Sediment eroded from ice-capped mountains splays out across a broad river valley on Russia’s Severny Island.

Tyndall’s Trail of Bergs
Tyndall’s Trail of Bergs

Ice splintered off the southern Patagonia glacier and drifted across a growing glacial lake.

A Sea of Spinning Clouds
A Sea of Spinning Clouds

Icy, isolated Peter I Island stirred up a show in the atmosphere off the West Antarctic coast.

Record-Setting Retreat of Hektoria Glacier
Record-Setting Retreat of Hektoria Glacier

Scientists relied on satellite data to understand how the Antarctic glacier lost so much ice so rapidly.

Seeing Blue During Schirmacher’s Summer Melt Season
Seeing Blue During Schirmacher’s Summer Melt Season

A network of meltwater lakes and drainage channels made an Antarctic ice shelf known for its blue ice areas even bluer.

Cañon Fiord’s Whirling Waters
Cañon Fiord’s Whirling Waters

During the 2022 summer melt season, sediment plumes and fractured sea ice traced swirling eddies in a branch of the Nansen Sound fjord system in the Canadian Arctic.