Researchers from the Ohio State and Cornell universities have recently found underneath Greenland ice sheet two subglacial lakes that may accelerate the melting rate of the ice caps in the area. Scientists reported that one of the lakes was suddenly dried away in just a few weeks, while the other lake emptied twice since 2012. The first lake left behind a mile-wide subsurface crater. Prof Ian … [Read more...]
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