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Shrinking Glaciers and Growing Lakes

As temperatures rise on the Tibetan Plateau, lakes are growing larger and deeper.


NASA Earth Observatory images by Joshua Stevens, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey. Story by Adam Voiland.

Published October 18, 2021
Data acquired October 12, 1987 - October 9, 2021

Sources:
Landsat 5 > TM
Landsat 8 > OLI