Earth  ID: 13877

New Lakes Discovered Under Antarctic Ice with NASA's ICESat-2

Released on July 7, 2021
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Hundreds of meltwater lakes hide deep beneath the expanse of Antarctica’s ice sheet. With a powerful laser altimeter system in space, NASA’s Ice Cloud and land Elevation Satellite-2 (ICESat-2) is helping scientists "see" under the ice.

For more on the story: https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2021/nasa-space-lasers-map-meltwater-lakes-in-antarctica-with-striking-precision

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ICESat-2 Maps Subglacial Lakes in Antarctica

Credits

Jefferson Beck (KBRwyle): Lead Producer
Roberto Molar Candanosa (KBR): Lead Writer
Helen-Nicole Kostis (USRA): Lead Visualizer
Greg Shirah (NASA/GSFC): Lead Visualizer
Matthew R. Siegfried (Colorado School of Mines): Lead Scientist
Helen Amanda Fricker (Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego): Lead Scientist
Susan Twardy (HTSI): Lead Animator
Horace Mitchell (NASA/GSFC): Visualizer
Aaron E. Lepsch (ADNET): Technical Support
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Keywords:
SVS >> Antarctic
SVS >> Climate
SVS >> Ice Sheets
SVS >> Lake
NASA Science >> Earth
SVS >> ICESat-2