Glacier beds can get slipperier at higher sliding speeds
Ames IA (SPX) Dec 19, 2014 - As a glacier's sliding speed increases, the bed beneath the glacier can grow slipperier, according to laboratory experiments conducted by Iowa State University glaciologists. They say including this effect in efforts to calculate future increases in glacier speeds could improve predictions of ice volume lost to the oceans and the rate of sea-level rise. The glaciologists - Lucas Zoet ... more

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