A study released Friday by the journal Science has revealed that the temperature rise around the world is causing the disappearance of lakes that form on the surface of Greenland's glaciers. The lake opened a gap of 980 meters from the top of the glacier to its most striking case is baseEl gave in July 2006 when he disappeared a lake of 5.6 square miles in 24 hours. Scientists at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) and University of Washington, explained that the lake opened up a gap of 980 meters from the top of the glacier to its base. That 'sewer' giant leaked all the water of the lake and accumulated at the base of the glacier: a total of 44 cubic hectometres decline, equivalent to flow through Niagara Falls, according to Science . The this drainage problem is that increasing water levels at the base of glaciers, accelerating their movement and the masses ice are reduced more quickly than normal.
supraglacial lakes form in summer on the ice surface "We found clear evidence that supraglacial lakes, which are concentrations of meltwater on the surface in summer, causing a crack in the ice in a process called hidrofractura "said Sarah Das, Department of Geology and Geophysics, WHOI.
Scientists explain that "it is difficult to imagine how a water melted from the surface can cross the thick layer of ice to the base."
Are we going to get down to work to avoid these things or we will continue on its hands?
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