Exploring Antarctica's Ice Rivers and Their Role in Sea-Level Rise
Underneath Antarcticas vast ice sheets theres a network of rivers and lakes. This is possible becaus...
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Underneath Antarcticas vast ice sheets theres a network of rivers and lakes. This is possible becaus...
Underneath Antarctica's vast ice sheets there's a network of rivers and lakes. This is possible because of the insulating blanket of ice above, the flow of heat from within the Earth, and the small amount of heat generated as the ice deforms.
Researchers have surveyed an Antarctic under-ice river for the first time directly, and their observations support the idea that such sub-glacial rivers form estuaries as they flow into the ocean.
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