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Scientists Detect First-Ever ‘Ice Quakes’ Under Greenland’s Rivers — But One Thing Baffled Them
These juddering 'ice quakes' were found by dropping a fiber-optic cable into a mile-deep borehole dug into Greenland ice.
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Tiny Quakes Discovered Deep Within Greenland’s Ice Sheet Could Change Sea-Level Rise Predictions, Study Suggests
While scientists once thought Greenland's ice streams flowed slowly and uniformly, new research reveals a quake-driven "stick ...
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Scientists record never-before-seen 'ice quakes' deep inside Greenland's frozen rivers
Quakes recorded for the first time inside Greenland's biggest frozen river, the Northeast Greenland Ice Stream, suggest this ...
Greenland is getting a lot of international attention for its mineral resources – but what is hiding under the ice?
The riches thought to lie beneath Greenland's icy terrain have been coveted for more than a century. But how easy are they to access, and will climate change make any difference?
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In Greenland, the Ice Doesn’t Just Flow, It Quivers and Quakes
The field season in Greenland was almost over ... These quakes seemed to start near impurities in the ice that were deposited by volcanic eruptions, Dr. Fichtner said. Where these particles sit, the ...
Ice streams move due to tiny ice quakes: Dynamics of Greenland's ice decrypted
The great ice streams of the Antarctic and Greenland are like frozen rivers, carrying ice from the massive inland ice sheets ...
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An ancient volcano blotted out the sun, killing crops. People likely reacted by making "sun stones"
Climate scientists from the Niels Bohr Institute at the University of Copenhagen in Bornholm analyzed ice cores from Greenland’s ice sheets and demonstrated that a major volcanic eruption ...
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Tiny ice quakes take place in one of Greenland’s mightiest ice streams
The research station and borehole are located on the North East Greenland Ice Stream (NEGIS), significantly contributing to ...
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Neolithic people in Denmark sacrificed ‘sun stones’ after climate cataclysm, scientists say
Quantities of sulfate in ice cores from Greenland and Antarctica dating to about 2910 BC suggested that this cooling followed a volcanic eruption, scientists reported January 16 in the journal ...