Bring glaciers to life with nine spectacular fly-bys of scenic rides over 3-dimensional glaciers, live video footage of ice fronts calving into the sea, and dramatic picture sequences of historical and satellite data. This video shows how a NASA glaciologist has learned about glaciers and how their formation could be related to climate change. Length:13:15. Full description.

The Aqua Science Writers Guide provides a comprehensive overview of the Aqua mission, instruments, research, science teams, Aqua website, and public affairs contacts. All information is provided to aid the professional science writer in writing stories and articles related to the Aqua mission. Full description.

This lithograph shows the break-off of a large iceberg from the Pine Island Glacier in West Antarctica. This event occurred between November 4th and 12th, 2001, and provides powerful evidence of rapid changes underway in this area of Antarctica. The three images presented were acquired by the vertical-viewing (nadir) camera of the Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MISR) instrument aboard NASA-s ... Full description.

Explore recent images and research results from NASA Earth science missions with this poster depicting how NASA scientists are working to understand the cryosphere (ice). Satellite images, graphs, and pictures complement the fact-filled information. The posters can be ordered from the WWW site above; this site also includes PowerPoint and PDF files with the poster information. Full description.

This document is the mission brochure for NASA's ICESat, which was launched January 12, 2003. ICESat is the benchmark Earth Observing System mission for measuring ice sheet mass balance, cloud and aerosol heights, as well as land topography and vegetation characteristics. Full description.

Aqua, Latin for water, is a NASA Earth Science satellite mission named for the large amount of information that the mission is collecting about the Earth's water cycle, including evaporation from the oceans, water vapor in the atmosphere, clouds, precipitation, soil moisture, sea ice, land ice, and snow cover on the land and ice. Additional variables also measured by Aqua include radiative energy ... Full description.

This brochure describes the MODIS instrument on NASA's Terra satellite. The first NASA Earth Observing System (EOS) satellite, called Terra, was launched on December 18, 1999, carrying five remote sensors. The most comprehensive EOS sensor is MODIS, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer. MODIS offers a unique combination of features: it detects a wide spectral range of electromagnetic ... Full description.

This poster set highlights recent images from select NASA Earth Science spacecraft and showcases related research results. The back of each poster gives a brief overview of the science and missions behind NASA's study of AIR, LAND, WATER, and ICE. Full description.

This WWW site provides a searchable directory of NASA Earth science images, animations and data visualizations. Most resources are available digitally at multiple resolutions, with captions and metadata. Users can search the database using full text and advanced searches by topic, keyword, sensor, location, parameter, and dates. Full description.

Earth Update 2006 is a graphical interface on CD-ROM, which allows access to Earth science information, animations, games and activities for K-12. It is organized by spheres: atmosphere, biosphere, geosphere, hydrosphere and cryosphere; the modules can be run alone, or as a linked system. Each sphere contains a library of hot topics, general topics and images that can be updated over the Internet, ... Full description.