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Surprisingly high geothermal heating beneath West Antarctic Ice Sheet

2015-07-13 06:50:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

ScienceDaily: The amount of heat flowing toward the base of the West Antarctic ice sheet from geothermal sources deep within Earth is surprisingly high, according to a new study led by UC Santa Cruz researchers. The results, published July 10 in Science Advances, provide important data for researchers trying to predict the fate of the ice sheet, which has experienced rapid melting over the past decade. Lead author Andrew Fisher, professor of Earth and planetary sciences at UC Santa Cruz, emphasized that the geothermal...

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