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Greenland Ice Sheet Has Unique 'Plumbing' System, New Study Shows

2015-10-09 21:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Nature World News: "Our research reveals details about the plumbing system beneath the Greenland ice sheet, which is important because the configuration of that system has an impact on the flow speed of the overlying ice," Dr. Steven Palmer, lead author of the study from the Geography Department at the University of Exeter, explained in a news release. For their study, researchers examined the flow paths of a subglacial lake that drained beneath the ice sheet in 2011. They discovered that the water drained from...

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