She noted that there are several other subglacial lakes in Greenland but their predominantly stable nature eliminates the risk of similar collapses. Besides the effect on subglacial lakes embedded ...

A vast network of lakes and streams lies beneath the thick ice sheet. This water can lubricate the ice, allowing it to slide more rapidly toward the ocean. Our new research shows “subglacial ...

Subglacial meltwater discharge is a major component of meltwater runoff and therefore the surface mass balance. This image relates to a paper that appeared in the August 03, 2012, issue of Science ...

Funded by the Leverhulme Trust. The SLIDE team is working in Greenland to investigate lakes that are hidden from sight beneath the ice sheet (also termed subglacial lakes). Funded by NERC.

Scientists also realized that subglacial rivers often flow in or out of the lakes. Those rivers can act in strange ways, since they obey not only gravity, but also the crushing pressure of the ...