Two Columns
-
RSS feed available at http://ipy.nasa.gov/rss/ipy.rss.
Search Results
Topic Area: Snow & Ice
Result Page: << 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 >>
Multimedia
- Layered Ice Deposits Near North Pole of Mars
- 09.20.07 -- This false-color image of the north polar layered ice deposits on Mars taken on Sept. 20, 2007, by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has been processed to emphasize color variations. Some of the color variations may be caused by small amounts of water frost on the surface, or they may be due to variations in dust composition within the layered deposits.
Feature
- Greenland's Ice Island Alarm
- 08.30.07 -- Is Greenland melting? If so, how fast, and how high will sea level rise as a result? Dr. Waleed Abdalati, head of NASA Goddard Space Flight Center's Cryospheric Sciences Branch, says effects of changing ice cover are uncertain, but the potential results are scary enough that we should try to determine what they are.
Multimedia
- Petermann Glacier, Greenland
- 08.30.07 -- Seasonal changes in Greenland ice sheets during summertime are apparent in this image of the Petermann Glacier, located in the far northwestern part of the island.
Multimedia
- Northwest Passage Nearly Open
- 08.28.07 -- Explorers have sought a Northwest Passage for centuries, meeting with disappointment and tragedy each time. Even now, navigating from the Atlantic to the Pacific through Canada's Arctic Islands has been difficult. The summer of 2007, however, saw sufficient sea ice retreat to change the character of the fabled sea route.
Readings
- The Chills and Thrills of Ice
- 08.27.07 -- This reading material describes the fieldwork of one of NASA's Earth science researchers. Robert Bindschadler of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center enjoys the risks and rewards of visiting the world's coldest climates.
Readings
- The Chills and Thrills of Ice
- 08.27.07 -- This reading material describes the fieldwork of one of NASA's Earth science researchers. Robert Bindschadler of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center enjoys the risks and rewards of visiting the world's coldest climates.
Readings
- The Chills and Thrills of Ice
- 08.27.07 -- This reading material describes the fieldwork of one of NASA's Earth science researchers. Robert Bindschadler of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center enjoys the risks and rewards of visiting the world's coldest climates.
Feature
- The Arctic Mars Analog Svalbard Expedition 2007
- 08.12.07 -- Scientists are conducting the Arctic Mars Analog Svalbard Expedition (AMASE) 2007 in Svalbard, Norway, from August 12-26, to study an extreme Mars-like environment using instruments and techniques that may be used for future planetary missions.
Release
- NASA Spacecraft Heads for Polar Region on Mars
- 08.04.07 -- NASA's Phoenix Mars Mission blasted off August 4, 2007, aiming for a May 25, 2008, arrival at the Red Planet and a close-up examination of the surface of the northern polar region.
Multimedia
- Summer Thaw, Eastern Greenland
- 07.19.07 -- Summer thaw was underway on the fringe of eastern Greenland when the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA's Terra satellite passed overhead and captured this image on July 13, 2007.
- + USA.gov
- + Freedom of Information Act
- + Budgets, Strategic Plans and Accountability Reports
- + The President's Management Agenda
- + NASA Privacy Statement, Disclaimer, and Accessibility Certification
- + Inspector General Hotline
- + Equal Employment Opportunity Data Posted Pursuant to the No Fear Act
- + Information-Dissemination Priorities and Inventories
- NASA Official: Sarah DeWitt
- Editor: Silvia Stoyanova
- Website Manager: Joycelyn Thomson Jones