Monday, 26 January 2015

Atmospheric warming heats the bottom of ice sheets, as well as the top

CLIMATE SCIENCE
Atmospheric warming heats the bottom of ice sheets, as well as the top
Ithaca NY (SPX) Jan 22, 2015 - A team of scientists led by Cornell University Earth and Atmospheric Sciences researcher Michael Willis, has published a new paper showing for the first time that meltwater from the surface of an ice cap in northeastern Greenland can make its way beneath the ice and become trapped, refilling a subglacial lake. This meltwater provides heat to the bottom of the ice sheet. These groundbreakin ... more


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