Fig. 1: Distribution of contemporary glacial erosion rates.

a, Spatial distribution of synthesized glacial erosion rates (see Supplementary Table 1 for referenced datapoints). Regions and their numbers correspond to the RGI²⁵ regions. The total number (no.) of glacial erosion rate measurements and RGI region mean (µ) are displayed. In cases where a circle represents more than one erosion rate and a majority exists, colour coding represents the mode b, Latitudinal distribution of synthesized glacial erosion rates. Each point corresponds to an individual measurement of glacial erosion. Basemap in a from Natural Earth (https://www.naturalearthdata.com).