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Published online 21 February 2007 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news070219-7
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Antarctic waterworks revealed
Large lakes in Antarctica speed up ice flow to the ocean.
Lakes under the Antarctic ice pack lubricate the flow of ice off the continent and into the ocean, researchers have found. The discovery has implications for our understanding of how the southern ice sheet will respond to climate change, and how this will contribute to sea-level rise.
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