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Effects of warming water on Greeland ice sheet outflow into fjords.

Effects of warming water on Greeland ice sheet outflow into fjords.
Effects of warming water on Greeland ice sheet outflow into fjords.
Effects of warming water on Greeland ice sheet outflow into fjords.
Effects of warming water on Greeland ice sheet outflow into fjords.
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Cook, John E.
Effects of warming water on Greeland ice sheet outflow into fjords.
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04/01/2010
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Caption from Oceanus magazine, Vol. 48, No. 1, pg. 17:
Falling apart--
After several years of exposure to warmer waters, the ice tongue collapses and huge chunks of ice calve from the glacier. The glacier front, still exposed to the warmer water, recedes. The entire glacier flows faster toward the fjord, perhaps because the ice tongue no longer impedes it. The warm, deep waters may also lubricate the interface where the glaciers bottom meets the ground.
Illustration by Jack Cook
© Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
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