Of all the freshwater on Earth, 99 percent is stored in ice sheets, the large frozen masses that form over land. As climate changes, melting ice sheets can contribute to rising sea levels, which can place vulnerable cities around the world in jeopardy. For decades NASA has studied the polar regions, and a new mission, the Ice, Cloud and Land Elevation Satellite, or ICESat-2, will elevate our understanding of these complex ice sheets.
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GSFC_20180926_ICESat2_m12977_Antarctica
Date Created
September 26, 2018
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GSFC
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video
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Jefferson Beck, George Potter, Saskia Madlener, Robert Andreoli, John Caldwell
Location
Goddard Space Flight Center
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