Scientists used 250K scenes from @NASA/@USGSLandsat 🛰️ to measure glacial lakes globally (outside Antarctica), discovering volume increased by ~50% since 1990
https://t.co/ax4ly8rXdM
@brad_lipovsky@AliBanwell@Cryospheric The @CopernicusEU#sentinel2 🛰️ time series clearly show meltwater ponding and gradual meltwater drainage prior to the Milne Ice Shelf calving. It will be interesting to quantify the interplay between rifting and hydrofracturing.
The last fully intact ice shelf in the Canadian Arctic, the Milne Ice Shelf, recently collapsed, sending large ice islands out into the Arctic Ocean.
Planet's Dove satellites captured before and after imagery on July 26 and July 31, 2020. https://t.co/oTJ4WZXqHH