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World's Largest Canyon Hides Beneath Antarctic Ice Sheet
- clebio 11y agoIt reads like good literature. "a paucity of ... measurements". The precision of the text belies the grand landscape it describes.
- elcapitan 11y agoThanks to the great efforts of the human race, we will soon be able to visit all the hidden beauty of Antarctica :)
- jcranmer 11y agoActually, probably not. The research I've read has suggested that global warming would actually increase the East Antarctic ice cap rather than decrease it (by weakening the semi-permanent winter system that basically blocks moist air from entering it), even if the West Antarctic ice completely collapses.
- nailer 11y agoActual URL [PDF]: http://geology.gsapubs.org/content/early/2015/12/22/G37220.1.full.pdf http://geology.gsapubs.org/content/early/2015/12/22/G37220.1...
- panglott 11y agoI remember debating folks about climate change a while back, from the perspective of managing unknown risks. So much of what could happen or what is projected about the influence of Antarctic glaciers on global sea level rise depends on things like subglacial ice flow dynamics, which we simply have no idea about. And now we have evidence for a 1-km deep canyon directing freshwater flows under the ice. It's amazing.
- theandrewbailey 11y agoGreenland has something like this, too: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenland's_Grand_Canyon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenland's_Grand_Canyon
- ep103 11y agoI read this as Crayon multiple times. Was so excited for a moment.
- Outdoorsman 11y agoNice supplemental read for those interested in the "local" "preliminary(?)" effects of climate change on sea level... The Siege of Miami--As temperatures climb, so, too, will sea levels.... http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/12/21/the-siege-of-miami http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/12/21/the-siege-of-mi...