On Thin Ice: Arctic Coastal Sea Ice Thinning Twice As Fast As Thought
Research based on ice-thickness data from ESA’s CryoSat and Envisat missions along with a new model of snow has revealed that sea ice in the…
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CryoSat Mission Reveals Massive Ice Loss From Glaciers in Alaska and Asia
As our climate warms, ice melting from glaciers around the world is one of main causes of sea-level rise. As well as being a major…
Surprising Ebb and Flow of Vast Subglacial Lakes Revealed by CryoSat
Hidden from view by ice kilometers thick, there is a vast network of lakes and streams at the base of the Antarctic ice sheet. This…
CryoSat Satellite Shows Increased Volume of Arctic Sea Ice
New measurements from ESA’s CryoSat Satellite show that the volume of Arctic sea ice increased following the unusually cool summer of 2013, suggesting that ice…
Cryosat Mission Took Detailed Data of Polar Ice Caps
The ESA’s Cryosat mission has been watching the Arctic sea ice with a high degree of precision ever since it was launched in 2010 to…