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Antarctic ice sheet's hidden lakes speed ice flow into ocean, may disrupt climate

03-06-2007 · EurekAlert!

In a new study, researchers have unearthed how water from a vast subglacial system contributes to the formation of ice streams, and how it plays a crucial role in transporting ice from the remote interior of Antarctica toward the surrounding ocean. Water flowing from this network of under-ice lakes, they say, ultimately affects climate and global sea level.

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