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Old 09-27-2019, 10:35 PM   #7151 (permalink)
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For decades it has been shown that Greenland (& other northern) glaciers speed up toward the seas, when recent melted Ice Sheet water drains through glaciers to supporting rock, lubricating the glaciers from underneath. Now, the same mechanism is demonstrated for Antarctic Ice Sheets.
https://www.sciencedaily.com/release...0920111355.htm

Slip, sliding away!!!


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