Columbia Glacier, Alaska, 1986-2011
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.
Credits
Please give credit for this item to:
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
Images used from NASA's Earth Observatory:
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/WorldOfChange/columbia_glacier.php
Landsat is a joint program of NASA and USGS:
http://landsat.usgs.gov
http://www.nasa.gov/landsat
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Animator
- Robert Simmon (Sigma Space Corporation)
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Producer
- Matthew R. Radcliff (USRA)
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Scientist
- Jeffrey Masek (NASA/GSFC)
Release date
This page was originally published on Monday, July 23, 2012.
This page was last updated on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 1:52 PM EDT.