Can extreme melt destabilize ice sheets?
E-Mail IMAGE: In 2012, an extreme melt season in Greenland created a refrozen ice layer in the compacting snow near the surface of the ice sheet. In some places, this melt layer... view more Credit: Farrin Abbott Nearly a decade ago, global news outlets reported vast ice melt in the Arctic as sapphire lakes glimmered across the previously frozen Greenland Ice Sheet, one of the most important contributors to sea-level rise. Now researchers have revealed the long-term impact of that extreme melt. Using a new approach to ice-penetrating radar data, Stanford University scientists show...
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