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Antarctic waterworks revealed

Large lakes in Antarctica speed up ice flow to the ocean.

Lakes under the Antarctic ice pack lubricate the flow of ice off the continent and into the ocean, researchers have found. The discovery has implications for our understanding of how the southern ice sheet will respond to climate change, and how this will contribute to sea-level rise.

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Posted by Mike Hopkin on February 21, 2007 06:21 PM |

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