Meltwater on Alaskan glacier (IMAGE)

University of California - Berkeley

Meltwater on Alaskan glacier

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A pool of meltwater in a crevasse in an Alaskan glacier. Though ice-cold, these pools of water can melt the underlying ice and punch all the way through the glacier, draining to bedrock and lubricating a glacier’s downhill flow, facilitating rapid collapse and sudden sea level rise.

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Whyjay Zheng, UC Berkeley

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