Antarctic Glaciers Are Helping Drive Their Own Melt
Meltwater is fueling a feedback loop that lets warm seawater eat away at them from below
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Meltwater is fueling a feedback loop that lets warm seawater eat away at them from below
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Every two decades the Khurdopin glacier moves more than 1,000 times faster than usual