Browse Archive
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Map Characterizes Active Lakes Below Antarctic Ice
08.25.09 - Researchers using space-based lasers have created the most comprehensive inventory of lakes that actively drain or fill under Antarctica's ice.
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NASA Satellite Reveals Dramatic Arctic Ice Thinning
07.07.09 - Arctic sea ice thinned dramatically between the winters of 2004 and 2008, with thin seasonal ice replacing thick older ice as the dominant type for the first time on record.
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'Breaking the Ice' on New Airborne Radars
04.30.09 - A team of scientists embark this week on a two-month expedition to Greenland and Iceland to use a pair of new airborne radars that can help monitor climate change.
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Wilkins Ice Bridge Collapse
04.08.09 - A narrow ice bridge connecting the last remnants of the northern part of Antarctica’s Wilkins Ice Shelf broke apart in early April 2009.
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Scientists Prepare for Return to Pine Island Glacier
04.06.09 - Polar scientists believe Antarctica's Pine Island Glacier to be thinning because of warm ocean waters below.
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Satellites Show Arctic Literally on Thin Ice
04.06.09 - The latest Arctic sea ice data show that the decade-long trend of shrinking sea ice cover is continuing.
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NASA Flies to Greenland to Extend Polar Science
03.30.09 - Researchers embark this week on a month-long airborne campaign to measure ice sheet and glacier thickness.
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Satellites Confirm Half-Century of Antarctic Warming
01.21.09 - Once presumed to be cooling or stable, NASA scientists have recently confirmed a warming trend on the Antarctic Peninsula.
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Arctic Sea Ice Decline Shakes Up Ocean Ecosystems
11.07.08 - Researchers took advantage of NASA satellite images to show that the microscopic floating plants are teeming in regions of recent ice melt.
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Rising Arctic Storm Activity Sways Sea Ice, Climate
10.06.08 - NASA study shows that the rising frequency and intensity of arctic storms over the last half century directly accelerated the rate of arctic sea ice drift which is a harbinger of climate change.
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Arctic Saw Fastest August Sea Ice Retreat on Record
09.26.08 - NASA data are showing that for a four-week period in August 2008, sea ice melted faster during that period than ever before.
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Arctic Sea Ice Reaches Lowest Coverage for 2008
09.16.08 - Arctic sea ice coverage appears to have reached its lowest extent for 2008 and the second-lowest amount recorded since the dawn of the satellite era.
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For Toy-Like Robots, Ice Research Is Child's Play
07.15.08 - SnoMotes are the first prototype network of their kind envisioned to rove treacherous areas of the Arctic and Antarctic.
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Both Routes Around Arctic Open at Summer's End
09.09.08
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Researchers Say Arctic Sea Ice Still at Risk
03.18.08 - Scientists are monitoring the amount and age of sea ice to see if the declining trend persists.
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Greenland's Rising Air Temperatures Drive Ice Loss at Surface and Beyond
02.20.08 - A new NASA study confirms that the surface temperature of Greenland's massive ice sheet has been rising, fueling the loss of the island's ice at the surface and throughout the mass beneath.
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Antarctic Ice Loss Speeds Up, Nearly Matches Greenland Loss
01.23.08 - Ice loss in Antarctica increased by 75 percent in the last 10 years due to a speed-up in the flow of its glaciers and is now nearly as great as that observed in Greenland.