Water flowing through ice sheets accelerates warming, could speed up ice flow

Water flowing through ice sheets accelerates warming, could speed up ice flow

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Water Flowing Through Ice Sheets Speeds Warming

Melt water flowing through ice sheets via crevasses, fractures and large drains called moulins can carry warmth into ice sheet interiors, greatly accelerating the thermal response of an ice sheet to climate change, according to a new study involving the University of Colorado at Boulder. The new study showed ice sheets like the Greenland Ice Sheet can respond to such warming on the order of ...

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