Caption: Sediment-laden glacial outwash streams from the West Greenland ice margin flow toward a fjord. Melting ice from Greenland may have raised ocean levels less than expected during the most-recent prolonged warm spell on Earth, researchers from the University of Wisconsin–Madison and Oregon State University have shown. The surprising patterns of ice melt found by new research suggest that Greenland’s ice sheet may be more stable — and Antarctica’s less stable — than previously thought.
Photo by: courtesy Anders Carlson, UW–Madison
Date: June 2011
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Caption: Anders Carlson, a University of Wisconsin–Madison geologist, surveys an outlet glacier in southwest Greenland. Carlson and colleagues from UW–Madison and Oregon State University have shown that melting ice from Greenland may have raised ocean levels less than expected during the most-recent prolonged warm spell on Earth. The surprising patterns of ice melt found by new research suggest that Greenland’s ice sheet may be more stable — and Antarctica’s less stable — than previously thought.
Photo by: courtesy Robert Hatfield, Oregon State University
Date: June 2011
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Caption: An outlet glacier in southern Greenland. Melting ice from Greenland may have raised ocean levels less than expected during the most-recent prolonged warm spell on Earth, researchers from the University of Wisconsin–Madison and Oregon State University have shown. The surprising patterns of ice melt found by new research suggest that Greenland’s ice sheet may be more stable — and Antarctica’s less stable — than previously thought.
Photo by: courtesy Kelsey Winsor, UW–Madison
Date: July 2010
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Caption: An outlet glacier in southwest Greenland flows into a fjord filled with sediment-rich water. Melting ice from Greenland may have raised ocean levels less than expected during the most-recent prolonged warm spell on Earth, researchers from the University of Wisconsin–Madison and Oregon State University have shown. The surprising patterns of ice melt found by new research suggest that Greenland’s ice sheet may be more stable — and Antarctica’s less stable — than previously thought.
Map by: courtesy Kelsey Winsor, UW–Madison
Date: July 2010
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