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Unprecedented ice loss in Russian ice cap: Study shows just how quickly cold glaciers can change speed, lose mass
- September 23, 2018
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In the last few years, the Vavilov Ice Cap in the Russian High Arctic has dramatically accelerated, sliding as much as 82 feet a day in 2015, according to a new multi-national, multi-institute study. That dwarfs the ice's previous average speed of about 2 inches per day and has challenged scientists' assumptions about the stability of the cold ice caps dotting Earth's high latitudes.
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"Unprecedented ice loss in Russian ice cap: Study shows just how quickly cold glaciers can change speed, lose mass", MachPrinciple, September 23, 2018, https://machprinciple.com/post/Unprecedented-ice-loss-in-Russian-ice-cap-Study-shows-just-how-quickly-cold-glaciers-can-change-speed-lose-mass
