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Underwater Time Bomb: Meltwater Ponds Threaten Antarctic Stability


An expedition has found that increased temperatures from climate change are causing ponds that weaken ice. A team of scientists who installed instruments on an Antarctic ice shelf discovered that meltwater ponds were causing the ice to flex and fracture. Though scientists had predicted the pheno

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