Evolving plumbing system beneath Greenland slows ice sheet as summer progresses
Posted by Oceanography News -- ScienceDaily on 1 October, 2014
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For the first time, researchers directly observed multiple parts of Greenland's subglacial plumbing system and how that system evolves each summer to slow down the ice sheet's movement toward the sea. These new observations could be important in accurately modeling Greenland's future response to climate change....