Tuesday, April 5, 2016

Summer melt-driven streams on Greenland's ice sheet brought into focus

Erosion by melt-driven streams during summers on Greenland's ice sheet during shapes landscapes similarly to, but much faster than, rivers do on land, says a geologist. The methods used to study the ice sheet should help scientists better understand melt rates and improve projections about glacial response to climate change.

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