{"id":498212,"date":"2026-08-04T02:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/earth\/earth-observatory\/a-bare-summer-for-barnes-ice-cap\/"},"modified":"2026-08-04T02:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T16:00:00","slug":"a-bare-summer-for-barnes-ice-cap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=498212","title":{"rendered":"A Bare Summer for Barnes Ice Cap"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-module hds-module-full alignfull wp-block-nasa-blocks-secondary-navigation\">\n<div class=\"hds-secondary-navigation-wrapper z-top width-100 padding-0\">\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-secondary-navigation width-full border-bottom-1px text-center hds-color-mode-dark hds-module hds-module-full alignfull wp-block-nasa-blocks-hdsnav\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"hds-secondary-nav-mobile-button display-flex tablet:display-flex desktop:display-none width-full flex-align-center bg-carbon-90 border-color-carbon-80 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Several land-based lakes sit near the ice\u2019s edge.\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/esd\/eo\/images\/iotd\/2026\/a-bare-summer-for-barnes-ice-cap\/barnesicecapzm2_oli2_20260712.jpg?w=1440&#038;h=960&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1440w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/esd\/eo\/images\/iotd\/2026\/a-bare-summer-for-barnes-ice-cap\/barnesicecapzm2_oli2_20260712.jpg?w=300&#038;h=200&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 300w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/esd\/eo\/images\/iotd\/2026\/a-bare-summer-for-barnes-ice-cap\/barnesicecapzm2_oli2_20260712.jpg?w=768&#038;h=512&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 768w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/esd\/eo\/images\/iotd\/2026\/a-bare-summer-for-barnes-ice-cap\/barnesicecapzm2_oli2_20260712.jpg?w=1024&#038;h=683&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1024w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/esd\/eo\/images\/iotd\/2026\/a-bare-summer-for-barnes-ice-cap\/barnesicecapzm2_oli2_20260712.jpg?w=400&#038;h=267&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 400w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/esd\/eo\/images\/iotd\/2026\/a-bare-summer-for-barnes-ice-cap\/barnesicecapzm2_oli2_20260712.jpg?w=600&#038;h=400&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 600w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/esd\/eo\/images\/iotd\/2026\/a-bare-summer-for-barnes-ice-cap\/barnesicecapzm2_oli2_20260712.jpg?w=900&#038;h=600&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 900w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/esd\/eo\/images\/iotd\/2026\/a-bare-summer-for-barnes-ice-cap\/barnesicecapzm2_oli2_20260712.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\">\n<div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">Meltwater channels cross the surface of the Barnes Ice Cap\u2019s northeast side in this July 12, 2026, image from the <a href=\"https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/mission\/landsat\/oli\/\" rel=\"noopener\">OLI<\/a> (Operational Land Imager) on <a href=\"https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/mission\/landsat-9\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Landsat 9<\/a>, with many channels reaching the ice edge.<\/div>\n<div class=\"hds-credits\">NASA Earth Observatory\/Lauren Dauphin<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\">\n<div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-wide\">\n<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\">\n<figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-fit \" style=\"--hds-image-contain-bg:#ffffff;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/esd\/eo\/images\/iotd\/2026\/a-bare-summer-for-barnes-ice-cap\/barnesicecapzm1_oli2_20260712.jpg?w=1440&#038;h=960&#038;%23038;fit=clip&#038;%23038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1440\" height=\"960\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/esd\/eo\/images\/iotd\/2026\/a-bare-summer-for-barnes-ice-cap\/barnesicecapzm1_oli2_20260712.jpg?w=1440&#038;h=960&#038;%23038;fit=clip&#038;%23038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"A detailed view of the ice cap\u2019s southwest side shows blue water ponded atop the ice. Several land-based lakes sit near the ice\u2019s edge.\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/esd\/eo\/images\/iotd\/2026\/a-bare-summer-for-barnes-ice-cap\/barnesicecapzm1_oli2_20260712.jpg?w=1440&#038;h=960&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1440w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/esd\/eo\/images\/iotd\/2026\/a-bare-summer-for-barnes-ice-cap\/barnesicecapzm1_oli2_20260712.jpg?w=300&#038;h=200&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 300w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/esd\/eo\/images\/iotd\/2026\/a-bare-summer-for-barnes-ice-cap\/barnesicecapzm1_oli2_20260712.jpg?w=768&#038;h=512&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 768w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/esd\/eo\/images\/iotd\/2026\/a-bare-summer-for-barnes-ice-cap\/barnesicecapzm1_oli2_20260712.jpg?w=1024&#038;h=683&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1024w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/esd\/eo\/images\/iotd\/2026\/a-bare-summer-for-barnes-ice-cap\/barnesicecapzm1_oli2_20260712.jpg?w=400&#038;h=267&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 400w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/esd\/eo\/images\/iotd\/2026\/a-bare-summer-for-barnes-ice-cap\/barnesicecapzm1_oli2_20260712.jpg?w=600&#038;h=400&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 600w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/esd\/eo\/images\/iotd\/2026\/a-bare-summer-for-barnes-ice-cap\/barnesicecapzm1_oli2_20260712.jpg?w=900&#038;h=600&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 900w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/esd\/eo\/images\/iotd\/2026\/a-bare-summer-for-barnes-ice-cap\/barnesicecapzm1_oli2_20260712.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\">\n<div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">Meltwater ponds in vivid blue pools on the surface of the Barnes Ice Cap\u2019s southwest side in this July 12, 2026, image from the <a href=\"https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/mission\/landsat\/oli\/\" rel=\"noopener\">OLI<\/a> (Operational Land Imager) on <a href=\"https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/mission\/landsat-9\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Landsat 9<\/a>.<\/div>\n<div class=\"hds-credits\">NASA Earth Observatory\/Lauren Dauphin<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For most of the year, the Barnes Ice Cap\u00a0in the Canadian Arctic lies quiet under a blanket of snow. By summer, that snow melts back, and the ice cap transforms in texture, its bare ice dotted with turquoise ponds and its surface threaded with meltwater channels. In summer 2026, this seasonal awakening arrived fast and early.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Located in the center of Baffin Island, the ice cap is a remnant of the Laurentide Ice Sheet, which once covered much of northern North America.\u00a0Today, the bowling-pin-shaped ice cap spans around 5,700 square kilometers (2,200 square miles), with ice up to about 730 meters (2,400 feet) thick. Like most of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/nature10089\" rel=\"noopener\">glacial ice across the Canadian Arctic<\/a>, the Barnes Ice Cap is <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1017\/jog.2026.10127\" rel=\"noopener\">thinning and retreating<\/a>. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The ice cap entered the 2026 melt season with an already-thin snowpack, and within a few weeks it had gone from snow-covered to mostly bare. By mid-July, its snow cover was effectively gone\u2014\u201cthe earliest it has been this bare,\u201d said glaciologist Mauri Pelto of Nichols College, who has <a href=\"https:\/\/glacierchange.blog\/2026\/07\/18\/barnes-ice-cap-and-baffin-island-glaciers-lose-snow-cover-in-july-2026\/\" rel=\"noopener\">monitored the ice cap<\/a> using images from Landsat satellites and, when possible, field observations.<\/p>\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\">\n<div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-full\">\n<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\">\n<figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-fit \" style=\"--hds-image-contain-bg:#ffffff;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/esd\/eo\/images\/iotd\/2026\/a-bare-summer-for-barnes-ice-cap\/barnesicecapwide_oli2_20260712.jpg?w=1440&#038;h=960&#038;%23038;fit=clip&#038;%23038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1440\" height=\"960\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/esd\/eo\/images\/iotd\/2026\/a-bare-summer-for-barnes-ice-cap\/barnesicecapwide_oli2_20260712.jpg?w=1440&#038;h=960&#038;%23038;fit=clip&#038;%23038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"The surface of Barnes Ice Cap appears white, gray, and light brown. A fingerprint-like pattern of meltwater channels spans much of the ice. Brown land and several lakes, some ice-covered, surround it.\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/esd\/eo\/images\/iotd\/2026\/a-bare-summer-for-barnes-ice-cap\/barnesicecapwide_oli2_20260712.jpg?w=1440&#038;h=960&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1440w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/esd\/eo\/images\/iotd\/2026\/a-bare-summer-for-barnes-ice-cap\/barnesicecapwide_oli2_20260712.jpg?w=300&#038;h=200&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 300w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/esd\/eo\/images\/iotd\/2026\/a-bare-summer-for-barnes-ice-cap\/barnesicecapwide_oli2_20260712.jpg?w=768&#038;h=512&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 768w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/esd\/eo\/images\/iotd\/2026\/a-bare-summer-for-barnes-ice-cap\/barnesicecapwide_oli2_20260712.jpg?w=1024&#038;h=683&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1024w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/esd\/eo\/images\/iotd\/2026\/a-bare-summer-for-barnes-ice-cap\/barnesicecapwide_oli2_20260712.jpg?w=400&#038;h=267&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 400w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/esd\/eo\/images\/iotd\/2026\/a-bare-summer-for-barnes-ice-cap\/barnesicecapwide_oli2_20260712.jpg?w=600&#038;h=400&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 600w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/esd\/eo\/images\/iotd\/2026\/a-bare-summer-for-barnes-ice-cap\/barnesicecapwide_oli2_20260712.jpg?w=900&#038;h=600&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 900w, https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/esd\/eo\/images\/iotd\/2026\/a-bare-summer-for-barnes-ice-cap\/barnesicecapwide_oli2_20260712.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;fit=crop&#038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\">\n<div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\"> <\/div>\n<div class=\"hds-credits\"> <\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Once snow cover melts away and bare ice is exposed, melting speeds up in the Arctic summer sunshine. Bare ice is darker than snow and absorbs more solar energy, so as the reflective snow cover disappears, the ice cap warms and melts faster. At the same time, a network of meltwater channels, many of which persist from year to year, becomes increasingly visible.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/mission\/landsat\/oli\/\" rel=\"noopener\">OLI<\/a>\u00a0(Operational Land Imager) on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/mission\/landsat-9\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Landsat 9<\/a> acquired these images of the ice cap on July 12, 2026. Ponded blue meltwater dots the ice in places, and a vast network of meltwater channels spans the ice cap\u2019s surface from its middle to its edges. Faint, curving gray lines indicate the many millennia of snow and ice accumulation that built the ice cap.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Barnes Ice Cap has been snow-free before, including in 2019, 2020, and 2024, Pelto said, but this year it happened sooner. The early snow loss and return of meltwater channels in 2026 means that meltwater runoff is starting earlier too, with implications for the ice cap\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.earthdata.nasa.gov\/topics\/cryosphere\/glacier-ice-sheet-mass-balance\" rel=\"noopener\">mass balance<\/a>. Water that might once have pooled and then percolated into any remaining snowpack and <a href=\"https:\/\/nsidc.org\/learn\/cryosphere-glossary\/firn\" rel=\"noopener\">firn<\/a> and refrozen there\u2014adding mass back to the ice cap\u2014instead gets whisked away. That surface drainage becomes more efficient as the season progresses and channels widen and connect. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1017\/jog.2026.10127\" rel=\"noopener\">Research indicates<\/a> the\u00a0ice\u00a0cap\u00a0thinned roughly 1 meter (3 feet) per year from 2000 to 2020, and over the past 40 years its margin has retreated about 4 meters (13 feet) per year on average. However, retreat rates vary widely across the ice cap. An especially fast-retreating area on the ice cap\u2019s central-southern side pulled back by more than 400 meters (1,300 feet) total, or roughly 10 meters (33 feet) per year. This retreat is visible in the wide view above as a lighter brown band of freshly exposed earth and rock along that side of the ice cap.<\/p>\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>NASA Earth Observatory images by Lauren Dauphin, using Landsat data from the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/earthexplorer.usgs.gov\/\" rel=\"noopener\">U.S. Geological Survey<\/a>. Story by Kathryn Hansen, with science review by Christopher Shuman, UMBC (retired).<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-featured-file-list bg-spacesuit-white padding-x-2 tablet:padding-x-3 desktop:padding-x-4 padding-y-5 desktop:padding-y-6 hds-module align wp-block-nasa-blocks-file-list\">\n<div class=\"grid-container grid-container-block padding-0\">\n<div class=\"grid-row width-full margin-bottom-4\">\n<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-6 margin-bottom-2 desktop:margin-bottom-0\">\n<h2 class=\"heading-22\">\n\t\t\t\t\tDownloads\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-6\">\n<div class=\"desktop:grid-col display-flex flex-align-center desktop:flex-justify-end\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"hds-list-row hds-file-list-row\">\n<div class=\"hds-list-thumbnail hds-file-list-thumbnail\">\n<div class=\"hds-list-thumbnail-inner hds-file-list-thumbnail-inner hds-cover-wrapper\">\n<figure class=\"hds-media-background  \"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"9891\" height=\"6594\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.science.nasa.gov\/dynamicimage\/assets\/science\/esd\/eo\/images\/iotd\/2026\/a-bare-summer-for-barnes-ice-cap\/barnesicecap_oli2_20260712_lrg.jpg?w=9891&#038;h=6594&#038;%23038;fit=clip&#038;%23038;crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"The surface of Barnes Ice Cap appears white, gray, and light brown. 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Accessed July 31, 2026.<\/li>\n<li>Gardner, A.S., <em>et al<\/em>. (2011) <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1038\/nature10089\" rel=\"noopener\">Sharply increased mass loss from glaciers and ice caps in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago<\/a>. <em>Nature<\/em>, 473, 357\u2013360.<\/li>\n<li>Gilbert, A., <em>et al<\/em>. (2016) <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/2016JF003839\" rel=\"noopener\">Sensitivity of Barnes Ice Cap, Baffin Island, Canada, to climate state and internal dynamics<\/a>. <em>Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface<\/em>, 121(9).<\/li>\n<li>NASA Earth Observatory (2025, December 3) <a href=\"https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/earth\/earth-observatory\/satellites-detect-seasonal-pulses-in-earths-glaciers\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Satellites Detect Seasonal Pulses in Earth\u2019s Glaciers<\/a>. Accessed July 31, 2026.<\/li>\n<li>NASA Earth Observatory (2010, October 10) <a href=\"https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/earth\/earth-observatory\/barnes-ice-cap-baffin-island-canada-46304\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Barnes Ice Cap, Baffin Island, Canada<\/a>. Accessed July 31, 2026.<\/li>\n<li>Rippin, D.M., <em>et al<\/em>. 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