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The Largest Ice Thickness Survey of Alaska’s Glaciers

A decade of NASA airborne radar surveys produces the most extensive inventory of glacier ice thickness for Alaska and ...
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NASA's crawler continues the heavy lifting for Artemis II

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER — Its work is done — NASA’s Crawler-Transporter 2 has given Artemis II a ride to the launchpad. Built in 1965, it is an iconic machine whose work has spanned nearly the entire ...

You’ve never heard of these glaciers, but they’re becoming critical climate havens as America’s iconic mountain glaciers and their water fade

If you have ever hiked in the high peaks of Colorado, the Wasatch Range in Utah or the Tetons in Wyoming, you’ve almost ...

You’ve never heard of these glaciers, but they’re becoming critical climate havens

They’re called rock glaciers, and they might not look like much, but they’ll continue to provide meltwater after the world’s ...
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Polar Bears Lie Flat on Ice — and the Reason Is Fascinating

The polar bear in this Instagram post has a clever way of getting across the ice. It is lying flat on its front and pulling itself along with its front paws. But why is it doing this, and how does it ...