Thousands Of Tiny Quakes Shake Antarctic Ice At Night (IMAGE)

University of Chicago

Thousands Of Tiny Quakes Shake Antarctic Ice At Night

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Using seismometers, UChicago scientists (including Becky Goodsell, pictured) recorded hundreds of thousands of 'ice quakes,' a phenomenon that may help track glacier melting.

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Alison Banwell

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