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Livescience: Deep furrows on Antarctica's floating ice shelves mark arch-shaped channels melted out under the ice. Thinner ice floats lower, and researchers can read the corrugated surface topography like a map that mirrors what lies beneath. Now, a new study published today (Oct. 6) in the journal Nature Geoscience suggests that in some spots, these surface scars also signal where water drains from beneath Antarctica's giant ice sheets. "These features on the ice shelf are very long, so it suggests the water......
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Antarctica’s scars hold clues to hidden water
Posted by LiveScience: Becky Oskin on October 6th, 2013
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