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Helheim Glacier Greenland and surrounding icy landscape
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Modeling the Subsurface Hydrology of the Greenland Ice Sheet

Aaron Sidder, freelance science writer by Aaron Sidder 7 June 201923 March 2023

Firn aquifers—pockets of meltwater beneath the surface of an ice sheet—could have far-reaching impacts on subglacial hydrology, a new study finds.

Figure showing changes in ocean surface temperature as a large iceberg and several small icebergs break off an ice shelf
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Creating Icebergs in Ocean Models Coupled to Ice Shelves

by L. Padman 6 June 201923 March 2023

Modeling icebergs as Lagrangian elements held together by numerical bonds provides insights into coupled exchanges of heat, freshwater, and momentum between large icebergs and the ocean.

The Polar 6 research airplane in Antarctica
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Missing Lakes Under Antarctic Ice Sheets

by E. Underwood 4 June 201928 July 2022

New radio sounding study finds little evidence of lakes under Antarctica’s Recovery Glacier.

A researcher inside the subglacial conduit under Hansbreen, Svalbard
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Mapping Subglacial Meltwater Channels

by E. Underwood 28 May 201923 January 2023

Researchers find that past studies underestimate the friction meltwater channels exert on glaciers by orders of magnitude.

Satellite image of a glacier
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Seismic Clues to Surging Glaciers

Jon Kelvey, Science Writer by Jon Kelvey 24 May 201920 October 2021

Measuring seismic waves passing through a glacier suggests that not only is liquid water playing a role in periodic surging but the water is channeled into cracks from across the ice.

Aerial photo of an ice shelf projecting into the sea
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Warm Water Is Rapidly Eroding Antarctica’s Ross Ice Shelf

Katherine Kornei, Science Writer by Katherine Kornei 7 May 201917 March 2023

The underside of the world’s largest ice shelf is melting—by meters per year in some places—because of the seasonal inflow of water heated by the Sun, observations of the White Continent reveal. 

A kneeling scientist extracts a sample from a glacier.
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Plastic Fragments Found for the First Time on a Glacier

Katherine Kornei, Science Writer by Katherine Kornei 18 April 201913 January 2022

The discovery, made in the Italian Alps, confirms the ubiquity of plastic pollution worldwide.

A false-color satellite image of melting glaciers in the Russian Arctic
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Fast-Melting Mountain Glaciers Speed Up Sea Level Rise

Mary Caperton Morton, Science Writer by Mary Caperton Morton 16 April 20192 September 2022

Satellites spy on remote alpine glaciers, producing more accurate—and higher—estimates of ice loss over time.

Martian Polar Layered Deposits
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How Do Intergranular Particles Affect the Flow of Ice?

by Terri Cook 15 April 20198 August 2022

Laboratory experiments that indicate rock particles can impede sliding along grain boundaries in ice may help researchers more accurately determine the composition of planetary ice masses.

The Bas Glacier d’Arolla in Valais, Switzerland
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Decadal Changes in Glacial Discharge in the High Alps

by Terri Cook 12 April 20199 February 2023

A new statistical analysis of daily, glacial runoff cycles offers a unique way of examining how Alpine glaciers have responded since the onset of rapid regional warming in the 1980s.

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