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Scientists used computer modeling techniques to tease apart the effects of natural variability and climate change on rates of sea-level rise.

A subtle effect of climate change: uneven sea level rise

A subtle effect of climate change: uneven sea level rise

Snowfall accumulation in parts of Antarctica increased in the 20th century. The added precipitation has led to some mitigation of sea level rise. Overall, Antarctica still lost far more ice than it gained.

Snowfall mitigated Antarctica's contribution to sea level rise

Snowfall mitigated Antarctica's contribution to sea level rise

Less than three months into its mission, NASA’s Ice, Cloud and land Elevation Satellite-2, or ICESat-2, is already exceeding scientists’ expectations.

Mission reveals profile of ice sheets, sea ice, forests

New NASA maps show that a group of glaciers spanning one-eighth of East Antarctica’s coast have begun to lose ice over the past decade, hinting at widespread changes in the ocean.

More East Antarctica glaciers are waking up

More East Antarctica glaciers are waking up

Antarctica's Pine Island Glacier calved, or broke off, an iceberg three times the size of Manhattan, adding to a lengthening list of major "calving events" that are contributing to global sea level rise.

NASA spots massive Antarctic iceberg

NASA spots massive Antarctic iceberg

NASA’s decade-long airborne survey of polar ice is once again probing Antarctica, this time while the agency’s newest satellite mission studies it from space.

Operation IceBridge, ICESat-2 join forces to survey Antarctica

Operation IceBridge, ICESat-2 join forces to survey Antarctica