Satellite Provides Global View of the Speed of Ice

By Sue Mitchell | Geophysical Institute on Dec 13, 2016   Featured, Science/Education, The Arctic and Alaska Science  

  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, […]