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Mystery of glacial lake floods solved – Phys.org
A long-standing mystery in the study of glaciers was recently —- and serendipitously—solved by a team led by University of Hawai’i at Mānoa astrobiologist and earth…
A long-standing mystery in the study of glaciers was recently – and serendipitouslysolved by a team led by University of Hawai’i at Mnoa astrobiologist and earth scientist Eric Gaidos. Their findings were published this week in the journal Geophysical Research Letters.
The mystery involves floods or “jokulhlaups” that emerge suddenly and unpredictably from glaciers or ice caps like those in Iceland where volcanic heat melts the ice and water accumulates in lakes underneath the glaciers. Scientists…
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