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Published online 2 February 2006 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news060130-12
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Could a sprinkling of dirt save the glaciers?
Knowing how spiky glaciers form could give clues about how to slow ice melt.
Researchers have recreated miniature versions of curious spiky glaciers found in the Andes. By studying how these structures form in the lab, they conclude that inducing such spikes in glaciers should help to slow their melting, and perhaps provide a way to preserve glaciers that are under threat from global warming.
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