Greenland Ice Sheet stores liquid water all year long, based on the surprising discovery of an aquifer, an underground layer of water-bearing permeable rock, suggest researchers. The reservoir is known as a "perennial firn aquifer" because water persists within the firn, layers of snow and ice that don't melt for at least one season. Rick Forster, lead author and professor of geography at the University of Utah, said that of the current sea level rise, ...Tuesday, 24 December 2013
Massive Reservoir of Melt Water Found In Greenland's Ice
Greenland Ice Sheet stores liquid water all year long, based on the surprising discovery of an aquifer, an underground layer of water-bearing permeable rock, suggest researchers. The reservoir is known as a "perennial firn aquifer" because water persists within the firn, layers of snow and ice that don't melt for at least one season. Rick Forster, lead author and professor of geography at the University of Utah, said that of the current sea level rise, ...
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