An international team of researchers found surprising evidence of subsurface lakes on an East Antarctic ice shelf.
These lakes are several metres deep and kilometres across, and pinpoint a potential ‘weak spot’ of the East Antarctic ice shelves in a warming climate. Click here for more information.
Originally published by Cosmos as Weak spots
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