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Meltwater and Sliding Ice Sheets (2 of 2)

Caption: Ablation measurements along the K-transect or Ablation measurements along the Western Margin of the Greenland Ice Sheet at 67 ûN. Summer 2006. This image relates to an article that appeared in the July 4, 2008, issue of Science , published by AAAS. The study, by Dr. Roderik van de Wal and colleagues at Utrecht University in Utrecht, Netherlands was titled "Large and Rapid Melt-Induced Velocity Changes in the Ablation Zone of the Greenland Ice Sheet."

Credit: Image courtesy of Paul Smeets, IMAU, UU

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