Melt Cycle News Today

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This vicious melt cycle can be seen in greenlands glaciers. as melt water moves through the ice, it softens it and drains to the bed where it then lubricates the movement of the glacier. we got a rare closeup view of one of greenlands faster moving gl glaciers, it is vast and unforgiving. >> this is one of the most productive glaciers in green land. its about three golden gate bridges wide. and it drains in the order of like 40 billion metric tons per year. its an astronomical amount of water it...

>> reporter: and the more greenland melts, the more it speeds up the melting process. take the large melt lakes that are forming on top of the ice sheet. stunning to look at, but bad news for the ice. these lakes are deceptively beautiful, because whereas the white of the ice actually reflects the sunlight, the piercing blue of the lakes actively absorbs it, heating them up and then accelerating the rate of melt. perhaps the clearest example of this vicious melt cycle can be seen in greenlands m...

These lakes are deceptively beautiful, because whereas white of the ice actually reflects the sunlight, the piercing blue of the lakes actively absorbs it, heating them up and then accelerating the rate of melt. perhaps the clearest example of this vicious melt cycle can be seen in greenlands many glaciers. a glacier is a mass of thick ice that moves under the force of its own weight, like a slow river into the sea. but as melt water moves through the ice, it softens it, draining to the bed, whe...

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