Glaciology

Satellites show how our icy world is melting

8 Feb 2012

The melt-off from the world's ice sheets, ice caps and glaciers over eight years of the past decade would have been enough to cover the United States in about 18 inches (46 centimeters) of water, according to new research based on the most-comprehensive analysis of satellite data yet.

NASA satellites reveal colossal ice melt, greenhouse gasses blamed

8 Feb 2012

Until now, satellite measurements from only selected places were used to extrapolate the overall ice loss outside Greenland and Antarctica.

NASA Satellites Show How Our Icy World Is Melting

8 Feb 2012

The melt-off from the world's ice sheets, ice caps and glaciers over eight years of the past decade would have been enough to cover the United States in about 18 inches (46 centimeters) of water, according to new research based on the most-comprehensive analysis of satellite data yet.