Columbia Glacier, Alaska, 1986-2011

Released Monday, July 23rd, 2012
Updated Wednesday, May 3rd, 2023 at 1:52PM

ID: 11030

- Visualizations by:
- Robert Simmon
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The Columbia Glacier in Alaska is one of many vanishing around the world. Glacier retreat is one of the most direct and understandable effects of climate change. The consequences of the decline in alpine glaciers include contributing to global sea level rise.

Timelapse of Columbia Glacier, Alaska, from 1986-2011.

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Credits

Please give credit for this item to:
NASA/Goddard Space Flight CenterImages used from NASA's Earth Observatory:
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/WorldOfChange/columbia_glacier.phpLandsat is a joint program of NASA and USGS:
http://landsat.usgs.gov
http://www.nasa.gov/landsat

Animator
- Robert Simmon (Sigma Space Corporation) [Lead]
Scientist
- Jeffrey Masek (NASA/GSFC)
Producer
- Matthew Radcliff (KBR Wyle Services, LLC)

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