Satellites observe speed-up of glaciers on the Antarcticpeninsula universityleeds NatureGeosci
to the speed of the ice flow, which increases up to 22% in summer when temperatures are warmer. This gives insight into the way climate change could affect the behavior of glaciers and the role they could play in raising sea levels.
Aerial photographs of the Antarctic Peninsula’s glaciers. Credit: Dr Anna E. Hogg, University of Leeds Map of ice speed in the study area on the west cost of the Antarctic Peninsula. Credit: Copernicus, International Bathymetric Chart of the Southern Ocean , Reference Elevation Model of Antarctica , British Antarctic Survey , Ben Wallis, University of Leeds_
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