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Stretching and squeezing drive the timing of glacial meltwater release
- May 26, 2026 at 6:00 PM
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As meltwater drains through and beneath a glacier, it can alter how the ice flows and whether it breaks apart. Meltwater can also cause feedback that leads to more ice loss. Understanding when and how glacial meltwater drains is therefore critical to predicting how fast glaciers will lose ice and how that loss will affect sea level.
Originally published at Phys.org