Velocity Maps (IMAGE)

University of Texas at Austin

Velocity Maps

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Greenland's average ice speed over the last nine thousand years (left), its current speed (center) and the difference between them (right). Blues (negative values) signify lower speeds today as compared to the nine-thousand-year average.

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Joseph A. MacGregor

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