In satellite images, the glaciers look like smooth rivers of ice. This photo shows that the melting river isn’t so smooth. Crevassed area near the front of the Jakobshavn Glacier, West Greenland. Photo source: Earth Observatory / © Konrad Steffen/CIRES, University of Colorado
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Narrow ribs of dirt and rock beneath Antarctic glaciers help slow the glaciers’ flow into the sea, according to new research from scientists at Princeton University and the British Antarctic Survey.
Understanding the factors that control the glaciers’ flow to the sea is important because their melting contributes significantly to sea level rise…
