Several representatives from NSIDC will be attending the American Geophysical Union (AGU) Annual Meeting 2024, either virtually or in person in Washington DC, to share their expertise in data ...

The Global Land Ice Measurements from Space (GLIMS) Glacier Database, Version 1 data set, available at the NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center (NSIDC DAAC), has ...

As a condition of using these data, you must cite the use of this data set. Such a practice gives credit to data set producers and advances principles of transparency and reproducibility. To promote ...

Transforming dirt into fields of orchards and food is as much a fine art as it is a science. Using their experience and ...

The 2024 melt season for the Greenland Ice Sheet ended with the second-lowest cumulative daily melt extent in this century, ranking twenty-eighth in the satellite record, which began in 1979. A late ...

The cryosphere refers to Earth’s ice in all its forms. The term comes from the Greek word for icy cold—krios. The cryosphere includes: This up-close image shows the intricate details within this ice ...

There are many ways to access and work with NSIDC data to accommodate a wide diversity of users. Use the filter menu to explore and narrow down your options. Note that the list defaults to show our ...

As darkness extends southward across the Arctic, sea ice has advanced to much of the Russian shoreline, but growth has been particularly slow in the Barents and Kara Seas. In the Antarctic, with the ...

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Data transformation services through NASA Earthdata Harmony are now available for 8 ATLAS/ICESat-2 data sets archived at the NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center ...

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