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From the Land of Ice and Snow
[/caption]Views from the window of NASA's DC-8 reveal sweeping expanses of ice and rock as part of the ongoing 2011 Operation IceBridge survey of Antarctica's ice cover.Now in its third season,...
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NASA’s Operation IceBridge Surveys Greenland and Earth’s Polar Ice Sheets
NASA's Operation IceBridge has begun the 2013 research season of Ice Science flights in Greenland and the Arctic to survey the regions ice sheets and land and sea ice using a specially equipped P-3B...
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Breathtaking Flyover of Greenland from NASA’s Operation IceBridge
Here's a view you don't often see: Greenland's glaciers from 500 meters above the ice. But this new video from NASA's Operation IceBridge — recorded on April 9, 2013 -- shows areas of southeast...
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Stunning Aerial Tour of the Arctic
Enjoy this tour of the Arctic and Greenland, courtesy of the pilots of IceBridge, a six-year NASA mission to survey the ice at both of Earth’s poles. These views come from NASA's P-3B aircraft, and the...
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Massive ‘Grand Canyon’ Found Hidden Beneath Greenland’s Ice
There’s a “Chuck Norris fact” that says Chuck once went skydiving but promised never to do it again, saying one Grand Canyon is enough. But Chuck must have taken another jump millions of years ago.Data...
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NASA’s Operation IceBridge In Search Of Ice Change In Arctic
How much is the polar ice melting, and how are the sheets being affected by climate change? These are some of the questions that NASA's Operation IceBridge seeks to answer. You can see a quick overview...
View ArticleAntarctica has a Huge Mantle Plume Beneath it, Which Might Explain Why its...
A new study led by researchers from NASA JPL has provided compelling evidence for the existence of a mantle plume beneath the Antarctic ice sheet. The post Antarctica has a Huge Mantle Plume Beneath...
View ArticleThis is Ice in Antarctica, Flowing in Slow Motion Like Water Going Through...
As part of their ninth year monitoring the Antarctic peninsula, Operation IceBridge recently flew above the ice sheet and took some stunning pictures The post This is Ice in Antarctica, Flowing in Slow...
View ArticleHuge Asteroid Impact Crater Found Just Under the Ice in Greenland
An international team of scientists have discovered what lay hidden under Arctic ice for thousands or even hundreds of thousands of years. Using data primarily from NASA’s Operation IceBridge, they...
View ArticleNASA Model Shows Greenland’s Ice Sheet Will Disappear Over the Next 1000...
Great news! Humankind’s greatest-ever engineering project is nearing completion. Soon we will have warmed the Earth enough to get rid of all those pesky ice sheets and other frozen areas. The finish...
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Shallow Pockets of Water Under the ice on Europa Could Bring Life Close to...
Beneath the surface of Jupiter’s icy moon Europa, there’s an ocean up to 100 km (62 mi) deep that has two to three times the volume of every ocean on Earth combined. Even more exciting is how this...
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