Satellite Provides Global View of the Speed of Ice
![This bird’s-eye view of Southcentral Alaska’s glaciers shows their speed as measured from space. Scientists are now able to follow surges and seasonal changes in glacier speed over this region using images from Landsat 8. Graphic by Mark Fahnestock Satellite Provides Global View of the Speed of Ice](https://alaska-native-news.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/speed-of-ice.jpg)
Glaciers and ice sheets move in unique and sometimes surprising patterns, as evidenced by a new capability that uses satellite images to map the speed of flowing ice in Greenland, Antarctica and mountain ranges around the world. With imagery and data from Landsat 8, a joint mission of NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey, […]