Breaking the Ice (IMAGE)

Columbia Climate School

Breaking the Ice

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Ordinarily, ice sheet layers come in smooth, undulating layers, as seen in the top portion of this image. The chaotic squiggles near the base of the ice sheet were a surprise.

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Kingslake et al., <i>Nature</i> 2018

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