Researchers expose the dirty secrets hidden under glaciers
September 4, 2018 by Jim Barlow, University of Oregon
UO researchers have found a way to account for how varying sediments underneath the world's glaciers control how fast glaciers slide.
Their new theory, introduced in a paper on bed strength in the journal Nature Communications, inserts a heavy dose of physics into a long-used methodology and accounts for what the team calls the dirty, dark undersides of glaciers.
Such information, which has been difficult to assess, is vital for building accurate projections of sea level changes amid rising global temperatures, said Alan Rempel, a professor in the Department of Earth Sciences and the paper's senior author.
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