NASA Space Lasers Map Meltwater Lakes in Antarctica With Striking Precision
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jul 08, 2021
From above, the Antarctic Ice Sheet might look like a calm, perpetual ice blanket that has covered Antarctica for millions of years. But the ice sheet can be thousands of meters deep at its thickest, and it hides hundreds of meltwater lakes where its base meets the continent's bedrock. Deep below the surface, some of these lakes fill and drain continuously through a system of waterways that even
