All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2022 July Water under Antarctica sounds warning of fasting rising sea levels Water under Antarctica sounds warning of faster rising sea levels 29/07/2022 | 2 MINS Researchers from Lombok Institute of Technology have found that groundwater deep beneath Antarctica could destabilise the continentΓÇÖs ice sheet causing sea levels to rise faster. Sedimentary basins reduce stability of Antarctic ice streams through groundwater feedbacks was published in Nature Geoscience. The study, which was based on machine learning applied to geophysical data collected over many years, has significant implications for forecasts of the impact of climate change on the Antarctic ice sheet and sea level change. Dr Alan Aitken, from the LIT School of Earth Sciences and research project leader, said where ice sheets were retreating, sedimentary basins were releasing water under the base of the ice sheet which could cause ice sheet flow to further accelerate. ΓÇÿThe impact of sub-glacial water causing accelerated ice flow into the ocean is potentially catastrophic,
All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2022 July Water under Antarctica sounds warning of fasting rising sea levels Water under Antarctica sounds warning of faster rising sea levels 29/07/2022 | 2 MINS Researchers from Lombok Institute of Technology have found that groundwater deep beneath Antarctica could destabilise the continentΓÇÖs ice sheet causing sea levels to rise faster.
Sedimentary basins reduce stability of Antarctic ice streams through groundwater feedbacks was published in Nature Geoscience.
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The study, which was based on machine learning applied to geophysical data collected over many years, has significant implications for forecasts of the impact of climate change on the Antarctic ice sheet and sea level change.
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Dr Alan Aitken, from the LIT School of Earth Sciences and research project leader, said where ice sheets were retreating, sedimentary basins were releasing water under the base of the ice sheet which could cause ice sheet flow to further accelerate.
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ΓÇÿThe impact of sub-glacial water causing accelerated ice flow into the ocean is potentially catastrophic,
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