Hank Roberts wrote:
> William M Connolley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Anyone believe it?
> 
> I asked a while back in the 'Why Do Science in Antarctica' about some
> of the reports --- remember 'Rapid Drumlin Formation'? at the time you
> said you didn't know about it.  I wondered who else at your shop might
> know, since it seemed a rather dramatic bit of news that these
> structures we've thought were longterm things could happen under the
> ice and very fast.
> 
> So I guess my question back to you is, who at BAS is familiar with the
> new reports about water and mud flow under the ice, outburst floods,
> and such that underlies the new concerns?  And where are they
> publishing or blogging?

I wouldn't read too much into one piece of research (and still less into 
one journalist's report of same) but this does paint a picture of 
relatively stable ice sheets (at least, Greenland):

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/low/sci/tech/6276576.stm

James

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