Retreat of Northern Hemisphere Marine-Terminating Glaciers, 2000–2020 (IMAGE)

University of Ottawa

Retreat of Northern Hemisphere Marine-Terminating Glaciers, 2000–2020

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Matusevich Ice Shelf, Russia, was the ice mass with the largest loss outside of Greenland as it lost 160 km2 between 2000 and 2020. The ice shelf broke up in 2012.

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Will Kochtitzky, Landsat 7 and 8, USGS

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