ICESat/GLAS was the first in a series of planned NASA missions to measure changes in ice sheet elevation, and heights of clouds and aerosols. Data products at the NSIDC DAAC describe elevations of ice sheets, glaciers, and sea ice, and more.

Get data: nsidc.org/data/icesat

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📬 Check out last week’s circumpolar news roundup with the #Arctic This Week Take Five! Online now! 🗞️❄️

🔗 Link to Take Five below! ⬇️ thearcticinstitute.org/arcti…

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From @AntarcticSciAus Chief Investigator @EarthsEngine - and @DorritJacob : Earth science is critical to national resilience – so why is it being gutted? ⬇️ @anuearthscience

🚨 New op-ed out today in @timeshighered.
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This one means a lot to me.

Over the past few years, I’ve watched Earth science - a discipline I’ve dedicated my career to - face wave after wave of cuts across Australian universities... 🧵(1/3) - Rhodri Davies

Australian Centre for Antarctic Science (ACEAS)

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"I have always loved science communication. There is just nothing better than being able to share your enthusiasm for something and seeing someone else become equally excited about it!"

- Neve Clippingdale on #DMV outreach in our latest #blog post ⬇️ antarctic.org.au/outreach-at…

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Don't forget to submit your abstract for XIV ISAES 2025.
The abstract submission deadline is today, 28th April!

➡️ site.inach.cl/isaes2025/

📢 Call for Abstracts: XIV ISAES 2025 🌎❄️

The XIV International Symposium on Antarctic Earth Sciences is heading to Punta Arenas, Chile 🇨🇱 – 18-22 August 2025!

🗓️ Abstract submission deadline: 28 April 2025
🇦🇶 Website: site.inach.cl/isaes2025/ - Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)

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RT @SOOSocean: 🐧🌍 #SOOS_DATAMonday | #SOOSmap_Month
𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐭?

A unique dataset tracks the abundance & distribution of 6 penguin species in Antarctica—since 1892! 🐧

Go to SOOSmap GEONETWORK & get to know all about the @SCAR_Tweets Antarctic Penguin Biogeography Project or find the data directly in SOOSmap.aq

🔗geonetwork.soosmap.aq/geonet…

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The NSIDC DAAC AMSR/ADEOS-II data collection includes passive microwave measurements from the Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer. The NSIDC DAAC collection includes Level-1A and Level-2A products containing sensor counts and brightness temperature. nsidc.org/data/amsr

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Did you celebrate Arbor Day Friday? #ICESat2 celebrates - and measures - trees all year long!

The mission's global height data can monitor the height & health of forests around the world. Want to help? You can @DoNASAScience and observe tree heights with the @GLOBEProgram.

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NASA’s OpenAltimetry is a map-based data visualization & discovery tool for exploring surface elevation profiles from ICESat & ICESat-2 altimetry data. Users can explore how different types of surface heights have changed across the Earth over time. nsidc.org/openaltimetry/abou…

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SCAR’s Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Action Group is looking for 2 Deputy Chief Officers and 4 Steering Group Members.

Help shape EDI efforts across the SCAR community —apply by 31 May 2025.

➡️ scar.org/scar-news/groups-ex…

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The Global Land Ice Measurements from Space initiative is an international project to inventory the world’s glaciers and to create a comprehensive, global database of land ice through repeat surveys. Get GLIMS data at the NSIDC DAAC: nsidc.org/data/glims

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📨 This week’s publication by @SohviMJK & TAI’s @SannaKopra : “Planetary Approaches to #Arctic Politics: The Arctic Institute’s Planetary Series 2025 - Final Remarks” 🌎

🔗 Find the full #commentary below! ⬇️ thearcticinstitute.org/plane…

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Images of Antarctic Ice Shelves is a data set created in an effort to closely monitor major ice streams & outlet glaciers along the Antarctic coast, with a focus on the ice shelves considered the most susceptible to rapid change.

Learn more: nsidc.org/data/nsidc-0102/ve…

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RT @climateWWF: The latest issue of @WWF 's quarterly magazine, The Circle, is now live: The forgotten Arctic: A crisis of global inaction ⚠️

This issue includes @manupulgarvidal on why global climate governance must find a way to prioritize the Arctic.

Discover the full issue 🔗: lnkd.in/gYWF5Gad #TheCircleWWF #Arctic

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Are you an Antarctic researcher 5+ years post-PhD?

Apply now for the 2025 SCAR Visiting Scholar Scheme— funding up to $5000 for a 1–4 week visit to share expertise and support capacity building across SCAR countries.

🗓️ Deadline: 31 August 2025

➡️ scar.org/fellowships-awards/…

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📄 TAI’s Nima Khorrami & @AndreasOsthagen recently published an article by ORF on #India 🇮🇳 in the #Arctic: A Potential Pathway to Strategic Autonomy Beyond #Russia 🇷🇺🌎

🔗 Find the full publication below! ⬇️ orfonline.org/research/india…

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