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Scientists pioneer method to track water flowing through glaciers


August 10, 2015

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Researchers for the first time have used seismic sensors to track meltwater flowing through glaciers and into the ocean, a critical step to understanding glaciers as climate changes. Meltwater moving through a glacier can increase melting and destabilize the glacier, speed the glacier's flow downhill, move boulders and other sediments toward the terminus of the glacier, and it can churn warm ocean water and bring it in contact with the glacier.Full Story

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University of Texas at Austin

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