Ice streams and lakes under the Greenland Ice Sheet

Ice streams and lakes under the Greenland Ice Sheet

The Greenland ice sheet is not a static body of ice but instead a dynamic body of dense, flowing and deforming ice. Snow deposited on the central parts of the ice sheet is gradually compressed to ice that slowly flows towards the ice margin.

Ice Streams

Getting to the Bottom of the Greenland Ice Sheet – Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Ice streams and lakes under the Greenland Ice Sheet

Rain Fell On Peak Of Greenland's Ice Sheet For First Time In Recorded History : NPR

Scientists Have Discovered an Ancient Lake Bed Deep Beneath the Greenland Ice

A check on runaway lake drainage, MIT News

Rivers of meltwater on Greenland's ice sheet contribute to rising sea levels

Greenland-wide inventory of ice marginal lakes using a multi-method approach

Polar Science Center » Ice Sheets & Glaciers

Supraglacial hydrology of the Greenland Ice Sheet

Researchers discover more than 50 lakes beneath the Greenland Ice Sheet

Heat in Canada as a benefit for Greenland's ice sheet

One of the World's Coldest Places Is Now the Warmest it's Been in 1,000 Years, Scientists Say - Inside Climate News

Huge Lakes Abruptly Empty into Greenland Ice Sheet