Melt layer illustration (IMAGE)

Stanford University

Melt layer illustration

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In 2012, an extreme melt season in Greenland created a refrozen ice layer in the compacting snow near the surface of the ice sheet. In some places, this melt layer has continued to grow since then, limiting the ice sheet's future capacity to absorb and store meltwater.

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Farrin Abbott

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