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Meltwater and Sliding Ice Sheets (1 of 2)

Caption: Dedicated GPS instruments along the K-transect. Spring 2008. This image relates to an article that appeared in the July 4, 2008, issue of Science , published by AAAS. The study, by Dr. Roderik van de Wal and colleagues at Utrecht University in Utrecht, Netherlands was titled "Large and Rapid Melt-Induced Velocity Changes in the Ablation Zone of the Greenland Ice Sheet."

Credit: Image courtesy of Roderik van de Wal IMAU, UU

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