This epic moment was filmed at Columbia Glacier in Alaska. What you’re watching is called a “shooter” — when a giant chunk of ice breaks off and shoots over 200 feet into the air. This is part of a natural process called calving. It happens when the glacier melts, cracks, or shifts as it slowly moves. Warmer air and water make the ice weaker, and over time, it breaks apart. Sometimes even small earthquakes can help trigger it. The Columbia Glacier has been shrinking fast since the 1980s, and now
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This epic moment was filmed at Columbia Glacier in Alaska. What you’re watching is called a “shooter” — when a giant chunk of ice breaks off and shoots over 200 feet into the air. This is part of a natural process called calving. It happens when the glacier melts, cracks, or shifts as it slowly moves. Warmer air and water make the ice weaker, and over time, it breaks apart. Sometimes even small earthquakes can help trigger it. The Columbia Glacier has been shrinking fast since the 1980s, and now
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🌍 Picture Alaska’s Columbia Glacier, a colossal tidewater river of ice cascading into the sea, its turquoise face shimmering under the Arctic sky. It’s breathtaking—yet fading fast, retreating rapidly over decades, a stark signal of climate change. 🌊 The Columbia’s retreat contributes to global sea-level rise, as large chunks of ice break off and drift into the ocean. 2025 is the International Year of Glaciers’ Preservation. Help us amplify #Glaciers2025 to spark bold #ClimateAction. 📊 NASA -
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🌍 Picture Alaska’s Columbia Glacier, a colossal tidewater river of ice cascading into the sea, its turquoise face shimmering under the Arctic sky. It’s breathtaking—yet fading fast, retreating rapidly over decades, a stark signal of climate change. 🌊 The Columbia’s retreat contributes to global sea-level rise, as large chunks of ice break off and drift into the ocean. 2025 is the International Year of Glaciers’ Preservation. Help us amplify #Glaciers2025 to spark bold #ClimateAction. 📊 NASA -
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One of the wildest glacier calvings we’ve ever seen. Have any of you seen a glacier calving of this magnitude? This was last summer at Columbia Glacier just a few miles outside of Valdez, Alaska. #SharingAlaska by Adam Skeate / ‪@Skeater | Sharing Alaska
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One of the wildest glacier calvings we’ve ever seen. Have any of you seen a glacier calving of this magnitude? This was last summer at Columbia Glacier just a few miles outside of Valdez, Alaska. #SharingAlaska by Adam Skeate / ‪@Skeater | Sharing Alaska
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Flying over Columbia Glacier shows the scale of change in real time. Stretching more than 30 miles, it’s one of Alaska’s largest tidewater glaciers. Every day, millions of tons of ice calve into Prince William Sound as the glacier continues a retreat that began in the 1980s… now more than 15 miles. Once moving at speeds up to 98 feet per day, the glacier now flows around 25 feet daily… carrying centuries-old ice to the face where it breaks away and drifts out as floating icebergs. #ValdezAlaska
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Flying over Columbia Glacier shows the scale of change in real time. Stretching more than 30 miles, it’s one of Alaska’s largest tidewater glaciers. Every day, millions of tons of ice calve into Prince William Sound as the glacier continues a retreat that began in the 1980s… now more than 15 miles. Once moving at speeds up to 98 feet per day, the glacier now flows around 25 feet daily… carrying centuries-old ice to the face where it breaks away and drifts out as floating icebergs. #ValdezAlaska
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Massive Columbia Glacier Calving
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Massive Columbia Glacier Calving
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The Columbia Glacier in southern Alaska has lost more than half of its total thickness and volume and its front has retreated more than 20 kilometers (12 miles) north into the bay since the 1980s. These images captured by #Landsat 8 reveal more recent changes, like how the main branch has retreated since 2019. This glacier has long been an archetype of the world’s most rapidly changing glaciers. Today, additional tidewater glaciers across the planet have garnered attention from scientists for th
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The Columbia Glacier in southern Alaska has lost more than half of its total thickness and volume and its front has retreated more than 20 kilometers (12 miles) north into the bay since the 1980s. These images captured by #Landsat 8 reveal more recent changes, like how the main branch has retreated since 2019. This glacier has long been an archetype of the world’s most rapidly changing glaciers. Today, additional tidewater glaciers across the planet have garnered attention from scientists for th
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The mighty Columbia Glacier in southern Alaska has been undergoing a drastic transformation, and it’s anything but slow. While glaciers are often symbols of gradual change, Columbia Glacier tells a very different story. Since the 1980s, this massive tidewater glacier has retreated more than 20 kilometers (12 miles) and lost over HALF of its volume. Thanks to images captured by the NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration & USGS Landsat satellites, we can track how this once colossal
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The mighty Columbia Glacier in southern Alaska has been undergoing a drastic transformation, and it’s anything but slow. While glaciers are often symbols of gradual change, Columbia Glacier tells a very different story. Since the 1980s, this massive tidewater glacier has retreated more than 20 kilometers (12 miles) and lost over HALF of its volume. Thanks to images captured by the NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration & USGS Landsat satellites, we can track how this once colossal
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Columbia Glacier, located in Prince William Sound, is one of the most studied tidewater glaciers in North America. Stretching over 30 miles from the Chugach Mountains to the ocean, it remained relatively stable for centuries before entering a period of rapid retreat in the late 20th century. Since then, it has pulled back dramatically, releasing huge volumes of ice into surrounding waters. The glacier’s movement illustrates how sensitive Alaska’s coastal ice systems are to changes in ocean tempe
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ICYMI: "The mighty Columbia Glacier in southern Alaska has been undergoing a drastic transformation," according to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), "and it’s anything but slow." Timelapse imagery from USGS shows the glacier's rapid decline over the years, making it one of the fastest retreating glaciers in the world. "While glaciers are often symbols of gradual change, Columbia Glacier tells a very different story," USGS said. "Since the 1980s, this massive tidewater glacier has retreated more
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