Scientists find huge water channels flow underneath Antarctica’s ice cap

Thursday, October 10th 2013 - 05:18 UTC

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Channels nearly as tall as the Eiffel Tower gouge into the undersides of floating ice in western Antarctica. The recently discovered channels could influence how quickly Antarctic ice sheets slip into the sea, melt, and contribute to rising sea levels. Read full article

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'Anne Le Brocq from University of Exeter trying to guess how the ice sheet will behave in the future' (Pic Exeter.ac)

A Mercopress sub-editor with a real understanding of the nature of scientific research. Sad.
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