Webpages tagged with «Glacier»
![Image of Mount Everest and the Khumbu icefall (left) in a green-red-near infrared ASTER satellite image. Snow and ice appear white, as also humans see it. Inset to the right: Part of the mountain and ice fall as seen with a satellite image that captures infrared light that show snow and ice in dark colours. Figure: A. Kääb.](https://www.mn.uio.no/geo/english/research/news-and-events/news/from-the-archive/2014/everest_swir2_lite.jpg?alt=listing)
Published Oct. 29, 2014 10:00 AM
A large international study - Global Land Ice Measurements from Space (GLIMS) shows that Earth’s glaciers are shrinking with only a few exceptions. The scientists behind the study have applied satellite images to study the glaciers over the recent decades. The comprehensive report is now published as a book and an e-book.
![Blocks of ice on the flat landscape, Svalbard. Photo: Colourbox](https://www.mn.uio.no/geo/english/research/groups/cryosphere/bilder/sno-svalbard-colourbox-800px.jpg?alt=listing)
Published Nov. 10, 2013 7:07 PM
The Cryosphere includes all frozen water on the Earth's surface, all areas where snow, ice and permafrost affect the landscape and processes occurring there. We find a big amount of water tied up in glaciers and icecaps in Arctic and Antarctic, but also in permafrost and smaller glaciers worldwide.