Iceland Glacier Recession (1973-2000)

  • Credit

    NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio

Light Iceland Glacier Recession 1973 to 2000

This animation shows glacier recesion at the Breidamerkurjokull glacier in Iceland. The data from 1973 is taken from Landsat 1 and the 2000 data is from Landsat 7. The Breidamerkurjokull glacier in Iceland has been measured by Landsat to be receding since 1973. The glacierologists in Iceland and here at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center have measured the recession throughout the entire glacier and found different rates of recession in different areas. In genral, the glacier seems to be receding at about 2% annually. It is extremely controversial whether or not this recession is caused by global warming.

Glacier Recession 1973 and 2000

Metadata

  • Sensor

  • Animation ID

    2100

  • Video ID

    SVS2001-0012

  • Start Timecode

    01:00:35:00

  • End Timecode

    01:01:07:27

  • Animator

    Lori Perkins

  • Studio

    SVS

  • Visualization Date

    2001/06/13

  • Scientist

    Dorothy Hall (NASA/GSFC)

  • Keywords

    Glacier, Breidamerkurjokull, GCMD--Location--Iceland, Recession

  • DLESE Subject

    Physical geography, Climatology, Cryology

  • Data Date

    1973/9, 2000/9

  • Animation Type

    Regular