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Cartoons about glaciers.
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‘Disposable’ distributed temperature sensing (DTS) is a happening thing in Greenland. From Scott Tyler of @unevadareno at #AGU24

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Hydrophones can.. almost.. measure submarine melting. From Hayden Johnson of @Scripps_Ocean at #AGU24

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Multiple failure modes of glacier termini make predicting calving rates difficult. From Niall Coffey of @Stanford at #AGU24

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You can map iceberg shape (below the water) from airplanes. Oooohlala. From Lilly Hinkley of @WoosterEdu at #AGU24

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Subglacial sediments migrate UP into temperate ice. From Ethan Pierce of @CUBoulder @INSTAAR at #AGU24

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Vibroseis + radar = magical for understanding the bed of Thwaites glacier. From Coen Hofstede at @AWI_Media at #AGU23

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Warm water exists at depth around east Antarctica. From @umi_nakayama of @HokkaidoUni at #AGU22

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@meghana_ir @GeorgiaTech @MITglaciology ...also Antarctica is weird. From @MITglaciology quoting Slawek Tulaczyk.

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Theory says that meltwater produced in shear margins of Antarctic ice streams may be of similar magnitude to other melt sources. From @meghana_ir of @GeorgiaTech, presented by @MITglaciology

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Estuaries on ice shelves are a THING. From Alex Boghosian of @LamontEarth at #AGU22

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Measurements show that firn compaction rates vary on seasonal (and shorter!) timescales. From Max Stevens of @NASAGoddard at #AGU2021 @AGU_Cryo

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The Siple Coast grounding line was was inland of present at 6,000 years ago. From @raventurelli of @Tulane at #AGU2021 @AGU_Cryo

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Meltwater can infiltrate and refreeze even where surface ice slabs exist at the surface. From Riley Culberg of @RadioGlaciology @Stanford at #AGU2021 @AGU_Cryo

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Greenland glaciers: doing strange things since 2015. From Mal McMillan of @LancasterUni at #AGU2021 @AGU_Cryo

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Pine Island Bay blooms are in part fertilized by iron from seafloor volcanic glass. From Lisa Herbert of @RutgersU at #WAISworkshop

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Melange backstress might put a halt on Marine Ice Cliff Instablilty. From @crawfisha of @StAndrewsGlacio at #WAISworkshop

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ROV @IcefinRobot sees strong stratification, high heat content, grounding line bedforms, and huge crevasses at the Thwaites grounding zone. From Peter Washam and Britney Schmidt of @CornellEAS at #WAISworkshop

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Strong positive feedbacks in ice shelf melt might not be quite so simple. From @MoormanRuth of @Caltech at #WAISworkshop

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Time does heal all (faults). From @Grace_Bee__ of @CornellEAS at #WAISworkshop

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CryoSat-2 shows linked draining and filling of subglacial lakes on Lambert Glacier, East Antarctica. From Anna Hogg of @SEELeeds at #vEGU21 #vEGU21_CR